Gross Reservoir Expansion Project
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Indoor ‘waterfall’ puts water to the test at CSU
TAP - October 2, 2019 - “It’s a fun job and also extremely important to the communities where these structures are built,” said Chris Thornton, director of the Colorado State University Hydraulics Laboratory. “Our job is to provide designers with information to make...
Beautiful weather and great cookout!
On Saturday, September 28 Denver Water hosted the fifth community cookout at the Gross Reservoir Expansion Project public information yurt. We enjoyed meeting new visitors to the yurt and were happy to see some returning guests to hear about the latest project...
Improving aquatic habitat on Kemp-Breeze section of Williams Fork
Colorado Parks & Wildlife - Sept. 26, 2019 - "The fish will benefit, the anglers will benefit and this state wildlife area will become an even more attractive place to spend the day outdoors catching trout." Full press release available here.
Community cookout this Saturday, Sept. 28
To celebrate another great summer of outreach and relationship building, the Gross Reservoir Expansion Project team is hosting a community cookout on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. located at the public information yurt, just up the fill from our...
Gross Dam spillway design being put to the test by CSU civil engineers
CSU College News - Sept. 24, 2019 - "CSU engineers are applying their hydraulics expertise to help verify key design and functionality aspects of the spillway, part of the public utility’s planned upgrade to Gross Dam. The reservoir impounded by Gross Dam provides...
Colorado’s tale of two seasons
TAP - September 19,2019 - "When the Gross Reservoir Expansion Project — which is in the final stages of approval after 15 years of permitting — is done, Denver Water will have more flexibility throughout its system to react to year-to-year changes in snowpack levels,...
Denver Water hires contractor for Gross Reservoir Expansion Project
HydroWorld.com – July 11, 2019 – “This is a major milestone in our 16-year effort to expand Gross Reservoir, as its original designers intended decades ago, to ensure a more reliable water supply in a future marked by greater uncertainty in weather patterns,” said...