Why is the Moffat Project necessary?
There are three main reasons Denver Water believes the Moffat Collection System Project is necessary: • Supply: Denver has identified a shortfall in supply that begins in approximately 2016 and grows to 34,000 acre-feet per year by 2030. Approximately 16,000 acre-feet per year of the shortfall is expected to be addressed through additional conservation, leaving Denver Water with a need to develop 18,000 acre-feet per year of new supply. • Reliability: During the 2002 drought, Denver Water came perilously close to running out of water in the Moffat Collection System. Without water in this system, we would lose the operation of one of our three treatment plants and have difficulty meeting the needs of our treated water customers and raw water contractors such as Arvada, Westminster, Consolidated Mutual and others. • Vulnerability: Denver Water’s collection system is vulnerable to manmade and natural disasters, such as forest fires. Approximately 80 percent of our water supply relies on t
