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Overview• History of the PDWG• Three Steps to Renewable
Water–Efficient Use–Sustainable Use–Reliable Use
• Conclusions
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Palmer Divide Water Group
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• 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
Palmer Divide Water Group
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PalmerDivide Water Group
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Palmer Divide Water Group
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Front Range Water Conservation District
Second Regular SessionSixty-fourth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED SENATE BILL 04-232
Senate Committees House CommitteesState Veterans & Military Affairs
A BILL FOR AN ACTCONCERNING CREATION OF A FRONT RANGE WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Bill SummaryCreates the front range water conservation district in Arapahoe, Jefferson,
Douglas, Elbert, and northern El Paso counties. Allows cities, towns, and water providers …
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Palmer Divide Water Group
• Gunnison River
-Black Canyon
-Aspinall EIS
-Water Workshop
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$50,000 Boyle Study with 3:2 Match of Dollars from CWCB
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PDWG Demand
Installed Well Capacity
Lincoln R. & PS
Full Collection &Conveyance System
Install ½ Wells Install ½ Wells
Crowfoot R. & PS
Approximate Construction Sequence
Capacity Exceeds PDWG Demand
Task 4 – Project Timeline
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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
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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
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Palmer Divide Water Group
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El Paso County Water Authority
•Lobby the General Assembly on Water Matters
•Facilitate Regional Initiatives
•Active Participation in the Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWASI)
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Surface WaterStorage
SatelliteWell Field
P
Pumpingto Ditches
Pip
eline
Ditches used assource of supply
FallowedLands
AlternativesDevelopment
Statewide Water Supply Initiative
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Satellitewellfield
NorthernProviders
ColoradoSpringsUtilities
Trans-mountainWater
System Interconnect (As Customers)Dry Years - Delivery from Denver Basin;Wet Years - Delivery to ProvidersEvery Year - Delivery of Denver Basin Return Flow
Recharge theBlack Squirrel Groundwater
Basin
Treated Effluent & Wet Year Water
Dry Year Recovery
SDS
EPCWA Participation in CapacityWithout Penalty
Pipe
SouthernProviders
Cherokee &Eastern Providers
Alternate Pipeline; Rotating Fallowing of Agriculture
Treated Effluent
DRAFT
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• Where are we now?
–Shift to a Local Focus
–Public Information Campaign
–Active Lobbying of General Assembly
Palmer Divide Water Group
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Three Steps to Renewable Water
• Efficient Use
• Sustainable Use
• Reliable Use
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• Transit Loss Study under EPCWA
• Interconnection of Potable Systems
• Public Safety–Firefighting
–Emergency Backup
Efficient Use
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• Stretch Existing Supplies by:–Mining Other Parts of the
Aquifer
–Buy Renewable Water Colorado Springs Utilities
Sustainable Use
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Satellitewellfield
NorthernProviders
ColoradoSpringsUtilities
Trans-mountainWater
System Interconnect (As Customers)Dry Years - Delivery from Denver Basin;Wet Years - Delivery to ProvidersEvery Year - Delivery of Denver Basin Return Flow
Recharge theBlack Squirrel Groundwater
Basin
Treated Effluent & Wet Year Water
Dry Year Recovery
SDS
EPCWA Participation in CapacityWithout Penalty
Pipe
SouthernProviders
Cherokee &Eastern Providers
Alternate Pipeline; Rotating Fallowing of Agriculture
Treated Effluent
DRAFT
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• Is Colorado Springs receptive? –Policy Governance
–“So Long As”
Sustainable Use
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• The Southern Delivery System Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is an opportunity
Sustainable Use
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Reliable Use
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• A Renewable Water System includes:– Tributary Water Rights– Delivery/Carry Over Storage– Conveyance Infrastructure– Terminal Storage– Treatment– Potable Distribution
Reliable Use
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Reliable Use
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• February, 2003 Report suggested two sources:–Gunnison River
–Agricultural Transfers
Renewable Water
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Surface WaterStorage
SatelliteWell Field
P
Pumpingto Ditches
Pip
eline
Ditches used assource of supply
FallowedLands
AlternativesDevelopment
Renewable Water
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• Delivery Storage–Brush Hollow Reservoir
–Cooperation with Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District
Renewable Water
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• Terminal Storage:–Recharge the Black Squirrel
Closed Groundwater Basin
–Forest Lakes
Renewable Water
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Satellitewellfield
NorthernProviders
ColoradoSpringsUtilities
Trans-mountainWater
System Interconnect (As Customers)Dry Years - Delivery from Denver Basin;Wet Years - Delivery to ProvidersEvery Year - Delivery of Denver Basin Return Flow
Recharge theBlack Squirrel Groundwater
Basin
Treated Effluent & Wet Year Water
Dry Year Recovery
SDS
EPCWA Participation in CapacityWithout Penalty
Pipe
SouthernProviders
Cherokee &Eastern Providers
Alternate Pipeline; Rotating Fallowing of Agriculture
Treated Effluent
DRAFT
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1. The Palmer Divide Water Group needs Colorado Springs Utilities much more than CSU needs PDWG.
2. 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.
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3. The PDWG must compete for renewable water.
4. Becoming part of a Water Conservation District would make PDWG a stronger competitor.
5. First, we must use our local water efficiently.
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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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