Renewing Water Strategies for Sustainable Development

1. Palmer Divide Water Group

2. Water Resource Development Strategies

3. This Briefing considers Conceptual Projects only. Acquistion of real property by Governments is CONFIDENTIAL THANK YOU

4. Overview • History of the PDWG • Three Steps to Renewable Water • Efficient Use • Sustainable Use • Reliable Use • Conclusions

5. Palmer Divide Water Group We Joined Forces to Obtain A Renewable Water Supply

6. Palmer Divide Water Group • Why?: Individual Members are too small to finance and construct a water import project • In 2003 PDWG began to: • Recruit Additional Members • Explore Alternatives for Organization • Protect Potential Sources • Study New Water Sources

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9. Front Range Water Conservation District Second Regular Session Sixty-fourth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO INTRODUCED SENATE BILL 04-232 Senate Committees House Committees State Veterans & Military Affairs A BILL FOR AN ACT CONCERNING CREATION OF A FRONT RANGE WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT Bill Summary Creates the front range water conservation district in Arapahoe, Jefferson, Douglas, Elbert, and northern El Paso counties. Allows cities, towns, and water providers …

10. Palmer Divide Water Group • Gunnison River • Black Canyon • Aspinall EIS • Water Workshop

11. $50,000 Boyle Study with 3:2 Match of Dollars from CWCB

12. Capacity Exceeds PDWG Demand Lincoln R. & PS Crowfoot R. & PS Approximate Construction Sequence Install ½ Wells Install ½ Wells Full Collection &Conveyance System Task 4 – Project Timeline

13. Boyle Study Conclusions • Expensive: $200million or $10,000/af (with storage) • Perhaps only one well field left • Mined water • Water Rights are all Privately Held

14. Palmer Divide Water Group (N. El Paso Only)10k AF Wellfield + 5k AF Operational Storage at Lincoln South Capital Cost: $63 million Wells: $30,900,000 Conveyance: $17,400,000 Storage: $14,500,000 Yield: 10,000 AF/Y Unit Cost: $6,300/AF Annual O&M Cost: $200,000

15. Palmer Divide Water Group SO FAR WE HAVE KEPT A LOW PROFILE

16. El Paso County Water Authority • Lobby the General Assembly on Water Matters • Facilitate Regional Initiatives • Active Participation in the Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWASI)

17. Statewide Water Supply Initiative

18. El Paso County Water Authority Alternative #1 Satellite well field DRAFT System Interconnect (As Customers) Dry Years - Delivery from Denver Basin; Wet Years - Delivery to Providers Every Year - Delivery of Denver Basin Return Flow Northern Providers Cherokee & Eastern Providers Treated Effluent Recharge the Black Squirrel Groundwater Basin Colorado Springs Utilities Trans-mountain Water Treated Effluent & Wet Year Water Dry Year Recovery Southern Providers Alternate Pipeline; Rotating Fallowing of Agriculture P i p e S D S EPCWA Participation in Capacity Without Penalty

19. Palmer Divide Water Group • Where are we now? • Shift to a Local Focus • Public Information Campaign • Active Lobbying of General Assembly

20. Three Steps to Renewable Water • Efficient Use • Sustainable Use • Reliable Use

21. Efficient Use • Transit Loss Study under EPCWA • Interconnection of Potable Systems • Public Safety • Firefighting • Emergency Backup

22. Sustainable Use • Stretch Existing Supplies by: • Mining Other Parts of the Aquifer • Buy Renewable Water Colorado Springs Utilities

23. El Paso County Water Authority Alternative #1 Satellite well field DRAFT System Interconnect (As Customers) Dry Years - Delivery from Denver Basin; Wet Years - Delivery to Providers Every Year - Delivery of Denver Basin Return Flow Northern Providers Cherokee & Eastern Providers Treated Effluent Recharge the Black Squirrel Groundwater Basin Colorado Springs Utilities Trans-mountain Water Treated Effluent & Wet Year Water Dry Year Recovery Southern Providers Alternate Pipeline; Rotating Fallowing of Agriculture P i p e S D S EPCWA Participation in Capacity Without Penalty

24. Sustainable Use • Is Colorado Springs receptive? • Policy Governance • “So Long As”

25. Sustainable Use • The Southern Delivery System Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is an opportunity

26. Reliable Use Does Colorado Need More Water?

28. Reliable Use • A Renewable Water System includes: • Tributary Water Rights • Delivery/Carry Over Storage • Conveyance Infrastructure • Terminal Storage • Treatment • Potable Distribution

29. Reliable Use Is There Any Water Left?

31. Renewable Water • February, 2003 Report suggested two sources: • Gunnison River • Agricultural Transfers

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33. Renewable Water • Delivery Storage • Brush Hollow Reservoir • Cooperation with Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District

34. Renewable Water • Terminal Storage: • Recharge the Black Squirrel Closed Groundwater Basin • Forest Lakes

35. El Paso County Water Authority Alternative #1 Satellite well field DRAFT System Interconnect (As Customers) Dry Years - Delivery from Denver Basin; Wet Years - Delivery to Providers Every Year - Delivery of Denver Basin Return Flow Northern Providers Cherokee & Eastern Providers Treated Effluent Recharge the Black Squirrel Groundwater Basin Colorado Springs Utilities Trans-mountain Water Treated Effluent & Wet Year Water Dry Year Recovery Southern Providers Alternate Pipeline; Rotating Fallowing of Agriculture P i p e S D S EPCWA Participation in Capacity Without Penalty

36. Conclusions • The Palmer Divide Water Group needs Colorado Springs Utilities much more than CSU needs PDWG. • Even at full build-out, the PDWG rate base is too small to finance a renewable water import project on tap fees and water rates alone.

37. Conclusions 3. The PDWG must compete for renewable water. 4.Becoming part of a Water Conservation District would make PDWG a stronger competitor. • First, we must use our local water efficiently.

38. Conclusions 6. Storage is important. 7. The time to buy renewable water is now. 8. We may need a private sector partner.

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