drought challenges jim lochhead, ceo/manager november 7, 2013
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Drought Challenges
Jim Lochhead, CEO/ManagerNovember 7, 2013
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Denver Water overview• Serve 1.3 million people or
25% of Colorado population
• Operate in 20 municipalities
• Total watershed area: 4,000 square miles
2.5 million acres
• Supply reliant on surface water from snowpack
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Dealing with 2013 drought
• Drought planning began in 2012
• Incremental, proactive process anticipating multi-year drought
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Drought conditions worsen
2013 Drought Response Team • Protect the health, safety
and welfare of our customers
• Minimize economic disruptions
• Preserve landscapes
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2013 drought response
The drought team implemented our drought response plan:
• Supply management and augmentation
• Demand management• Understanding financial impacts• Maintaining water quality• Communications and Marketing
Other local agencies and utilities watched Denver Water to gauge their drought response
Previous Conservation Message
2013 Drought Message
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Drought recovery
Dillon Reservoir 5-22-13 Dillon Reservoir 6-17-13
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Volatility in our water supply
Source: DW internal data
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
Jan
-12
Fe
b-12
Ma
r-12
Ap
r-1
2
Ma
y-12
Jun
-12
Jul-
12
Au
g-1
2
Se
p-1
2
Oct
-12
No
v-1
2
De
c-1
2
Jan
-13
Fe
b-13
Ma
r-13
Ap
r-1
3
Ma
y-13
Jun
-13
Jul-
13
Au
g-1
3
Se
p-1
3
Oct
-13
No
v-1
3
DENVER WATER SUPPLY RESERVOIR CONTENTSACRE-FEET
Full
Historic Median
2012-2013 Contents
Where we were headed…
Where we ended up
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Questions?