Southern Delivery System Water Project

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The future of our water A Southern Delivery
System
Chamber of Commerce October 2, 2007
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What well talk about

• How we get our water
• Responsible water use
• Need for a Southern Delivery System (SDS)
• Project overview and alternatives
• Investing in our future
• Project status and next steps
• Questions and conversation

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Major Water Delivery Systems
Denver
SDS
Colorado Springs
Fountain Creek
Arkansas River
Salida
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
Pueblo
Rocky Ford
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Responsible water use

• Taking action to preserve the environment and our
  current water supply
• Leaders in water conservation
• Non-potable reuse for large irrigation customers
  and cooling at Drake Power Plant
• Regional collaboration to address Fountain Creek
  concerns

Photograph of treated wastewater from Colorado
Springs wastewater treatment plant discharged
to Fountain Creek.
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Why the project is neededgrowing demand,
redundant system, use of water rights

• Conservation not enough to meet our future water
  needs
• Half of future growth will come from within the
  community children and grandchildren
• Military base expansions

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Why the project is neededgrowing demand,
redundant system, use of water rights

• Back-up to our aging water delivery system
• Reliable water supply supports
• public health
• regional economy
• fire protection
• quality of life
• Use of existing water rights

Homestake 66 diameter pipeline break October 2006
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A formidable task

• Large water projects can take 20 years or
  more to permit, design and build
• Water projects crossing county boundaries require
  extensive permitting and collaboration
• Extensive design and engineering work, and
  environmental permitting required for large-scale
  water projects
• SDS undergoing rigorous NEPA analysis,
  Environmental Impact Statement

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Project overview

• Regional project to deliver water from the
  Arkansas River to
• Colorado Springs
• Fountain
• Security
• Seven possible alternatives
• Five alternatives through Pueblo County
• Two alternatives through Fremont County
• Proposed project from Pueblo Reservoir

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Southern Delivery
Proposed Action Pipeline from Pueblo Reservoir

• Major components
• 43-mile pipeline and pump stations
• Water treatment plant
• Two reservoirs (terminal and exchange storage)
• Completion Cost (2007 )
• Capital 1.07 Billion
• OM 670 Million

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Proposed Action

• Lowest cost of all alternatives
• Maximizes investment in Fry-Ark project
  facilities
• Stable source water quality
• Uses existing water rights
• Greatest flexibility for managing water supply

Pueblo Reservoir a federally owned water
storage facility
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Investing in our future

• Today, a gallon of water costs our customers
  one-third of a penny.
• Were still benefiting from investments in our
  water system from the 1960s.
• As early as 2009, water rates will need to
  increase substantially.

Previous citizens built and paid for the water
systems, like Homestake, which still benefit our
community today.
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Project status and next steps

• Planning, permitting and environmental review
• On schedule to deliver draft study for public
  review and comment
• Contingencies in place if delays encountered
• Schedule

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