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May 8, 2008--Denver Water Board extends olive branch to West Slope (Sky Hi Daily News)

Denver Water may be owning up to the impacts its water diversions have had on Grand County water sources. At the State of the River meeting hosted by the Colorado River District in Granby on Tuesday, Denver Water Manager Chips Barry commented the water supplier is working to “mitigate the past” as it takes care of the future. The statement comes as Denver Water seeks to develop 18,000 acre-feet per year of new water to Denver users by developing a Moffat collection system. That means an added 10,000 to 11,000 acre-feet of water annually could be diverted from Grand County during wet seasons. The Denver Water system already operates 16 reservoirs, 690,000 acre-feet of storage, four transmountain diversions, five canals, and three treatment plants to deliver drinking water to 1.2 million customers. Due to growth, it’s predicted Denver Water’s supply versus demand will hit a 34,000 acre-feet shortfall by 2030, according to information presented by Travis Bray of the Moffat project.

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