September 7, 2008--Fast-growing Parker area to get new dam (Denver Post)
A dam planned by Parker would be the largest reservoir built on the Front Range in about 40 years. Parker will use the foundation of the small earthen Rueter Hess Reservoir southwest of town to build a dam that will be more than 60 feet high and can store 72,000 acre-feet of water.
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