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Can You Repurpose Existing Water Projects?

Can You Repurpose Existing Water Projects? Denver Water’s Moffat System, Colorado Big Thompson. WindyGap and Irrigation?. Lurline Underbrink Curran, retired County Manger, Grand County, Colorado. Colorado Counties. Moffat Collection. Moffat Collection Pipeline.

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Can You Repurpose Existing Water Projects?

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  1. Can You Repurpose Existing Water Projects? Denver Water’s Moffat System, Colorado Big Thompson. WindyGap and Irrigation? Lurline Underbrink Curran, retired County Manger, Grand County, Colorado

  2. Colorado Counties

  3. Moffat Collection

  4. Moffat Collection Pipeline

  5. Moffat Collection System Tunnel

  6. Colorado Big Thompson Project

  7. Colorado Big Thompson Project

  8. Windy Gap Reservoir

  9. Windy Gap Dam

  10. Windy Gap Dam

  11. Colorado River near Hot Sulphur

  12. Windy Gap Reservoir Bypass Project (aka Connectivity Channel Project)

  13. Conceptual Drawing of Bypass Channel

  14. Removing the impediment BUT how do we address diminished flows?

  15. Endangered Fish in 15 Mile Reach How do they help?

  16. 10825 Flows for 15 Mile ReachRepurposing At Its Best 5412.5 from Granby Reservoir

  17. AND MOREWATER STORAGEPUMPING ABILITY$ TO PAY FOR PUMPING

  18. REPORPOSE OLD IRRIGATION STRUCTURESTO FUNCTION PROPERLY WHILEIMPROVING AQUATIC HABITAT

  19. Before

  20. After

  21. Learning by Doing

  22. Learning By Doing • Adaptive management program • Monitor streams / aquatic resources • Identify priority areas • Monitor to measure improvement

  23. Partnership Grand County Northern Water Denver Water Trout Unlimited Colorado Parks & Wildlife Colorado River District Middle Park District UCRA Gates Family Foundation NRCS US Fish & Wildlife Services CWCB Colorado Basin Roundtable Kremmling Irrigators (ILVK) American Rivers

  24. Questions?

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