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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />..,~....,..,~ <br />_ _ _..J <br /> <br />replacement of depletions to MillOn, without injury to other appropriators on <br />the South Platte. <br /> <br />5. Shifting water from Barr lake to the alluvium can assist in the management of <br />Barr lake levels for optimum wildlife habitat. <br /> <br />Integration of the alluvial storage in Beebe Draw below Barr lake pursuant to FRICQ's <br />augmentation decree can provide in excess of 100,000 acre feet of additional storage space for <br />municipal and agricultural uses without the construction of new dams. Coordination and joint <br />use of this resource can provide for the replacement ofa significant ponion of the storage lost <br />by the denial of the Two Forks pennit, and it can be accomplished in a manner which <br />preserves wildlife habitat and irrigated agriculture. <br /> <br />Water Quality <br /> <br />An essential element of the Barr lake Plan is the improvement of the quality of municipal <br />effluent to a level adequate for unrestricted agricultural re-use. Presently, Metro effluent is <br />not of acceptable quality for direct irrigation re-use. The Barr lake Plan provides for <br />advanced wastewater treatment resulting in acceptable quality of water for unrestricted <br />agricultural re-use. <br /> <br />Municipal effluent has become a major source of water supply to Front Range municipalities. <br />1973 C.R.S. Section 37-92-305(5) provides: <br /> <br />"Any substituted [exchanged] water shall be ofa quality and quantity so as to meet the <br />requirements for which the water of the senior appropriator has nonnally been used." <br /> <br />14 <br />