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Metropolitan Growth: Urban, Suburban, Rural Interfaces Colorado Water Workshop 7/19/13

Metropolitan Growth: Urban, Suburban, Rural Interfaces Colorado Water Workshop 7/19/13. Denver Basin Aquifer System Estimated 259 MAF Recoverable Water --BUT--. “ It was the best of times. It was the worst of times ”. “ It was the spring of hope. It was the winter of despair ”.

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Metropolitan Growth: Urban, Suburban, Rural Interfaces Colorado Water Workshop 7/19/13

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  1. Metropolitan Growth: Urban, Suburban, Rural Interfaces Colorado Water Workshop 7/19/13

  2. Denver Basin Aquifer System • Estimated 259 MAF Recoverable Water • --BUT--

  3. “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times”

  4. “It was the spring of hope. It was the winter of despair”

  5. Prairie Waters Project • Began delivering water in October 2010 • Current capacity of 10,000 AFY • Expandable to 50,000 AF with additional infrastructure • 34-mile pipeline with 3 pump stations • Multi-barrier state of the art treatment process • $800 million in infrastructure

  6. “We had everything before us. We had nothing before us.”

  7. WISE Water Supply Benefits • SMWSA • Renewable supply for SMWSA • Allows use of Denver Basin aquifer for drought supply • Denver Water • Drought and emergency supplies for Denver • Aurora Water • Continued use of PWP for drought supply • Offset PWP costs Total Affected Population = 2 million

  8. Questions?

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