Gross Reservoir, southwest of Boulder, may be expanded to nearly triple its current capacity. Local environmental groups are grappling with a proposal to more than double the size of Gross Reservoir southwest of Boulder, a $140 million project that could happen in the next two or three years. Today, the reservoir holds 41,000 acre-feet of water. Denver Water, the agency that owns the reservoir, has started applying for permits from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Army Corps of Engineers to increase its capacity to 114,000 acre-feet to cope with projected shortfalls to its Denver-area customers within the next eight years. 

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