Gross Reservoir Expansion Project
News and Updates
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...
Controversy over Denver Water’s Gross Reservoir expansion offers a glimpse into water woes in the West
Colorado Sun – July 10, 2019 – "Denver Water has a long history of securing water before there’s a crisis,” said Patty Limerick, director of the CU Boulder’s Center for the American West and former Colorado Historian. “The Gross Reservoir expansion is a perfect...
Daily Camera: Gross Reservoir expansion makes sense
June 22, 2019 - "But a dispassionate consideration of the project leads to the conclusion that Denver Water’s plan to expand Gross Reservoir is a reasonable and responsible measure, provided the utility proceeds with the utmost sensitivity to the residents who would...
Request for proposals: macroinvertebrate monitoring and sediment sampling
June 25, 2019 - Learning By Doing (LBD) is soliciting proposals from qualified firms to conduct macroinvertebrate and sediment sampling and reporting for targeted streams in the upper Colorado River basin. LBD has released two Request for Proposals (RFPs) for the...
Request for proposals: fish passage design services
April 30, 2019 - Learning By Doing is soliciting proposals from qualified firms for design services to improve fish passage at an existing rock weir diversion structure and to install a new fish screen on the adjacent diversion ditch. The project is located on the...
Carroll: A drought will come again
Denver Post – "Those still wedded to an image of the big city plundering water from the West Slope without regard to consequences are embarrassingly out of date. And after more than three decades of talking about an expansion of Gross reservoir, it’s finally time to...
Project related activities
April 18, 2019 – Denver Water will have contractor crews at the intersection of State Highway 72 and Gross Dam Road on Friday, April 19 performing geotechnical investigation activities. This work is necessary for the design of safety related roadway improvements for...
A statement from the CEO/Manager
Below is a statement from Denver Water CEO/Manager Jim Lochhead regarding the April 11 complaint filed in District Court on the zoned land use exemption: Our commitment to the community has been demonstrated from the beginning when we intentionally and explicitly...
Collaboration works for 21st century Denver Water
Colorado Central Magazine - April 1, 2019 - "Commissioners from Grand County showed up at a noisy Boulder County commissioners’ hearing on a West Slope-to-East Slope transmountain water diversion project – to testify on behalf of the project." Read the full story...
Leaning In To The Challenge Of Climate Change
Water Online - April 2, 2019 - "Under the Colorado River Cooperative Agreement, the flexibility that comes with more storage in Gross also ensures Denver Water can support stream flows in the Fraser River and other high elevation West Slope streams in drier years..."...
When east meets west over water resources
Winter Park Times - March 14, 2019 - "The goal of Learning By Doing is to restore or enhance the condition of the river health in Grand County through projects and improved communication between the partners. LBD is not supposed to be effective until permits for...
Gross Reservoir expansion goes under review
The Mountain Ear - March 19, 2019 - "We’re looking for opportunities to improve the environment and serve our customers,” King said. Read the full story here.
A statement from the CEO/Manager
Below is a statement from Denver Water CEO/Manager Jim Lochhead regarding the Boulder County commissioner hearing on March 14, 2019: Last night Denver Water staff presented to the Boulder County commissioners on the Gross Reservoir Expansion Project and listened to...
2018 Year-End Report
As work continues on the the Gross Reservoir Expansion Project, we want to highlight some of the progress and milestones achieved throughout 2018. The 2018 Year-End Report can be viewed by clicking the image below.
Daily Camera article on upcoming Boulder County Commissioner Meeting
Boulder Daily Camera – Feb. 1, 2019 – "This hearing does not impact Denver Water's commitment to working with Boulder County and the community to incorporate additional measures to avoid and minimize construction impacts related to the Gross Reservoir Expansion...
A statement from the CEO/Manager
Below is a statement from Denver Water CEO/Manager, Jim Lochhead, regarding the Boulder County land use process: "The location of the current and expanded Gross Dam was defined as a 'Flood Regulatory Area' before the enactment of 1041 permitting in 1974, which makes...