Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 30.09.2004

Intent To Prepare a Draft Integrated Feasibility Report/Environmental Impact Statement for the Chatfield Reservoir, CO, Storage Reallocation Project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District (Corps) is conducting a feasibility study to "reassign a portion of the storage space in the Chatfield Lake project to joint flood control-conservation purposes, including storage for municipal and industrial water supply, agriculture, and recreation and fishery habitat protection and enhancement," as authorized under Section 808 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. The reallocated storage space would be filled using existing water rights. The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) is requesting the additional storage capacity from the Corps for a consortium of its users in the Denver metropolitan area. The Denver Water Department currently controls all the water rights that account for conservation storage within Chatfield Reservoir. The reservoir serves as the centerpiece for Chatfield State Park. Preliminary studies considered reallocating flood control storage for three storage scenarios reflected by three different raises in the multipurpose pool elevation, currently 5432 feet above mean sea level (m.s.l.): a rise to 5434 feet m.s.l., providing 2,900 acre-feet of storage; to 5437 feet m.s.l., providing 7,700 acre-fe