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;K~R~l~~::.;:<~:;;.2~t~%~11~~&f.i%~;>:,{{~ti~:a~:.~~~~~';~~~~~~::~~~~1~i~;:~?:5/zr~~~~;i~liJi~~;~:':-k1i~ll~~~f~~~;~~~1i~lf1fi.~}~t~:?~.~~~}~Jf!..f~~~l~~~~:~.g~::~*j~~{!f~%r~;.;:~~;{~:; 0018(;') (:~~~ "~!*~z; United States Department of the Interior BUREAU OF RECLAMATION APR 1 8 1975 RECEIVED AP/1 221975 CONS~~~~T/~~ TEN N BOAI/A. IN REPLY REFER TO: LlVr-700 123.10- REGIONAL OFFICE, LOWER MISSOURI REGION/ BUILDING 20, DENVER FEDERAL CENTER DENVER, COLORADO 80225 ANNOUNCEMENT ~~ ~ I ~-.,,-,-_.::;:. ~1i~ri ~~~2 I ~5:~;: t~Ii~~~ .~.<:-~::...: '---,..,- ~>.:~::: .- .,';.;-- BUREAU OF RECLAl\1ATION ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN SCOPE OF FRONT RANGE UNIT STUDY STATUS REPORT WILL BE PHEPARED IN FISCAL YEAH 1976 Since 1970, the Bureau of Reclamation has been involved in an investigation of potential water problems and possible solutions in the Front Range area of Colorado, which includes portions of Boulder, Larimer, and Weld Counties. The primary objective of the study has been to formulate a pl<lll to assur" an adequate domestic, muni.cipal and industrial water supply while maintaining the irrigated agriculture base of the area's economy. The Bureau of Reclamation; in cooperation with participating State and Federal agencies, has evaluated the requirements to. eomplcte the inl'cstig;,tion in accordance with the Principles and Standards for Planning Wate!' andlkb~ed Land Resources developed by the Water Resources Council and approved by the President in August 1973. Major activities would include the formulation of alternative plans to meet different objeetives, the assessment of enviromneni:al impacts associated with these alternative plans and an evaluation of historieal and archeological conditions in the area. These and other studies would result in significant increases in the time and amount of funds required to adequatGly complete the investigation. Concurrent with the studies in the past few yeal's, mrejor cities in the Front Range area have proceeded with plans to augment their water supplies from transll10untain diversions outside of the scope of this study~ Those plans, as well as the cnrrent formuIatioD. of State policy regardingm'bflll growth in the Front Range area contribute to the uneertainty of the plallD.i},g climate. -'~:S5<:. ,;-'. ".;. ~:::... Save Energy and You Serve America!