Dry Gulch Reservoir

Studies and Reports

Click on the link below to read or download the study or report of your choice. These are all in pdf format, and the sizes of larger files are designated.

Water Rights Decisions

6,300 Acre-Foot Conditional Water Right Decree (April 23, 2010)

Modified Supreme Court Opinion (November 23, 2009)

Supreme Court Opinion and Remand (November 2, 2009)

Water Division 7 District Court Remand Decree (September 2008)

Reports Regarding Future Water Demands

Current Projections for Future Growth, Water Demand, and Storage Needs (PAWSD, February 2009)

Appraisal Report to Evaluate Future Raw Water Demands and Water Supply Alternative Plans (Harris Water Engineering, March 2003)

Estimated PAWSD Future Raw Water Demands (Harris Water Engineering, January 2007)

Preliminary Engineering Reports

Snowball Pipeline Replacement Evaluation Report (MWH Americas, December 2009)

Part 1 (5.1 Mb)

Part 2 (4.3 Mb)

Part 3 (3.5 Mb)

Dry Gulch Reservoir and San Juan River Diversion Projects: Conceptual Level Opinion of Probable Construction Costs- AACE Class IV Estimates (14 MB) (MWH Americas, March 2009)

Briliam Engineering Conceptual Level Estimates of Probable Cost for the Dry Gulch and Snowball Water Treatment Facilities (Brilliam Engineering, March 2009)

Documents Regarding Loan for Land Acquisition

Dry Gulch Reservoir Project Feasibility Study (1.2 MB) (Harris Water Engineering, August 2007)

Colorado Water Conservation Board Loan Application (3.9 MB)

Colorado Water Conservation Board Loan Approval

Reports Regarding Project Alternatives

Supplement to "2008 Report to Evaluate Alternatives for Raw Water Diversions from the San Juan River": Re-Evaluation of Options 5 and 6 to Serve District 2 (2.1 MB) (Harris Water Engineering, September 2009)

Report to Evaluate Alternatives for Raw Water Diversions from the San Juan River - Part 1 (2.3 MB) (Harris Water Engineering, January 2008)

Report to Evaluate Alternatives for Raw Water Diversions from the San Juan River - Part 2 (3.1 MB) (Harris Water Engineering, January 2008)

Preliminary Engineering Study of Water Supply Alternatives (5 MB) (Davis Engineering and Harris Water Engineering, 2003)

Alternative Reservoir Site Evaluation Appaisal Level Study (4.4 MB) (Harris Water Engineering, 1989) Important note: This evaluation was conducted before the area served by Archuleta Water Company and the Town of Pagosa Springs were included into the PAWSD.



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