BOULDER’S WATERWORKS

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However, Herbert N. Wheeler (on a botanical expedition) claimed that, three years earlier, he and Darwin M. Andrews––not Fine––had been the true discoverers of the Arapaho Glacier. In his memoirs, Wheeler wrote of the hike the men took during the last week of August 1897. EXCERPT FROM THE MEMOIRS OF HERBERT NEWELL WHEELER D.M. Andrews and I took his burro and walked up to Camp Albion, an old mining camp in a valley across the ridge to the north of Silver, Island, and Goose lakes. He wanted to get some bulbs of dogtooth violet from the valley floor at the head of the Silver Lake area. After getting the bulbs, he said he had always wanted to see what was at the head of that valley, so we went on beyond the last lake and climbed up the steep slope of rocks and ice. After reaching the top, we walked toward the north and soon came upon cracks in the ice, at first a few inches wide and then several feet wide, rather terrifying. Darwin said this is a glacier. We dropped rocks down into the crevasses but didn’t hear them strike bottom. 43 Early (and unidentified) hikers explored Arapaho Glacier in 1912. Carnegie Branch Library for Local History, Boulder Historical Society collection (141-9-32 #1) 30
In 1904, glacier hikers even included ladies in long dresses! Carnegie Branch Library for Local History, Boulder Historical Society collection (S-2037) Watershed Reservoirs and the Lakewood Pipeline • WATER STORAGE IN THE MOUNTAINS • LAKEWOOD, LAKEWOOD RESERVOIR & TUNGSTEN MINING/MILLING • LAKEWOOD PIPELINE, BEGINNINGS • FEDERAL GRANTS & WATER RIGHTS IN THE WATERSHED • ALBION LAKE RESERVOIR Regardless of who had been the first to walk on the glacier, the early 1900s was a time when Boulder began to collect water rights, reservoir storage rights, and watershed lands in earnest. According to the 1900 census, Boulder’s population had nearly doubled in the preceding decade, and the Sunshine and Chautauqua reservoirs were viewed as inadequate for a growing city of 6,150 people. A drought in 1902 made the situation more urgent and restricted water use. Water-powered motors in printing plants and other industries were shut down, and heavy water users were told to conserve. 31
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Page 3 and 4: BOULDER’S WATERWORKS -- PAST & PR
Page 5 and 6: • Water System Security Improveme
Page 7 and 8: INTRODUCTION The story of Boulder
Page 9 and 10: SETTLEMENT& DITCHES Boulder City To
Page 11 and 12: 1859, they dug small ditches from B
Page 13 and 14: “Shovel diplomacy,” however, di
Page 15 and 16: state senator. In January 1873, the
Page 17 and 18: PUBLIC WATERWORKS & PROBLEMS • 18
Page 19 and 20: Above, the Town of Boulder Reservoi
Page 21 and 22: BOULDER’S EARLY WATERWORKS PRESEN
Page 23 and 24: Ditch laterals paralleled 12th Stre
Page 25 and 26: A few weeks later, the City Council
Page 27 and 28: Silver Lake Ditch had five wooden f
Page 29 and 30: NEED FOR NEW RESERVOIRS • 1891, O
Page 31 and 32: Continued population growth in Boul
Page 33 and 34: In Boulder, laborers replaced pipes
Page 35: INTO THE 20TH CENTURY Discovery of
Page 39 and 40: The Maxwells also made a similar pr
Page 41 and 42: LAKEWOOD, LAKEWOOD RESERVOIR & TUNS
Page 43 and 44: In addition, the City acquired ease
Page 45 and 46: The Act that conveyed the first gra
Page 47 and 48: BOULDER HYDRO SYSTEM, 1910 The twen
Page 49 and 50: The dam was photographed on April 1
Page 51 and 52: producing 5,000 kilowatts (KW) of p
Page 53 and 54: On August 4, 1910, a ceremony was h
Page 55 and 56: This drawing of the original two ge
Page 57 and 58: ADDITIONAL WATERSHED DEVELOPMENTS A
Page 59 and 60: Silver Lake Pipeline In the years p
Page 61 and 62: pieces, are we justified in denying
Page 63 and 64: The WPA built much of Boulder’s w
Page 65 and 66: mission lines which, in places, has
Page 67 and 68: older clay tile pipe on the pipelin
Page 69 and 70: NEW WATER SUPPLIES & GROWTH, 1950s-
Page 71 and 72: One of the surge chambers for the p
Page 73 and 74: At this time, Boulder was beginning
Page 75 and 76: The City entered into an agreement
Page 77 and 78: Beginning in 1947, CBT Project wate
Page 79 and 80: The next water rights used to fill
Page 81 and 82: Atmospheric Research’s proposed b
Page 83 and 84: BETASSO WATER TREATMENT PLANT, 1964
Page 85 and 86: A new raw water pipeline was constr
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In 1976, the Betasso Water Treatmen
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BOULDER RESERVOIR WATER TREATMENT P
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Throughout the 1970s, employees of
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WATER AND POWER FOR THE FUTURE, 198
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In 1989, roller-compacted concrete
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pressure zone into the lower zone.
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costs would rise to $999,000. Hartm
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DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 1990s From the
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Reconstruction of Silver Lake Pipel
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water shortages should occur. The c
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Water Treatment Plant improvements
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The dispute escalated when the City
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TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY PROGRESS As th
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Meanwhile, the City wanted to gain
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Repair of the Barker Gravity Line F
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Lakewood Pipeline reconstruction Bu
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struction of the Lakewood Pipeline
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the pipe manufacturer for enough mo
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sions, City staff surprised themsel
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Dealing with Drought In April 2002,
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PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE Boulder is
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Boulder Feeder Canal, and that was
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Problem 3 - Discharging water back
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Above, a new generator and turbine,
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The Feeder Canal would require repa
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APPENDIX Recent Water Utilities Wor
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ENDNOTES 1 The word “Arapaho” c
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35 Daily Camera, October 20, 1891.
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71 Deed between The Cashier Mining
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Supply, April 2009, pages 3-10. 104
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135 Preliminary Design Memorandum,
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167 The Windy Gap Project, Municipa
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198 City of Boulder Utilities Repor
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