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<br />6 <br /> <br />The new draft, and the additional public hearings, <br /> <br />will focus on two principal considerations: the environ- <br /> <br />mental impact of the complex should it eventually be expanded <br /> <br /> <br />to its maximum design capacity of 500 million gallons per day, <br /> <br /> <br />and "a discussion of alternative additional sources of raw <br /> <br />water that might be developed in order for the proposed <br /> <br />treatment plant to be built and operated at its maximum <br />. ,,15 <br />s~ze. <br /> <br />IV. ALTERNATIVES TO FOOTHILLS <br /> <br />The BLM Draft Environmental Impact Statement released <br /> <br /> <br />to the public in February, 1975, listed three "major alter- <br /> <br /> <br />natives" to the construction of the Foothills Water Treatment <br /> <br />Complex. Included were: <br /> <br /> <br />No Action, in which BLM would simply delay the right- <br /> <br /> <br />of-way application for construction of the Strontia Springs <br /> <br />diversion dam and reservoir, tunnel and access road improve- <br />ments, and the Denver Water Department would have to "make <br />do" with existing treatment facilities. According to the <br />Statement, "without additional capacity, the populacion in <br />the DWB (Denver Water Board) service area would experience <br />water shortages on 31 peak days by 1980, which would increase <br />to 69 days by 1995." <br />Chatfield Alternative, in which a treatment and pump- <br />ing station would be constructed at Chatfield Reservoir, 12 <br />miles downstream from the proposed Strontia Springs dam. A <br />plant with filtration capacity 10 per cent greater than that <br /> <br />00710 <br />