Comments on: Denver N30:Local Citizens ‘Die-in’ at Dept. of Public Health and Environment in Protest over Coal http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/11/30/denver-n30local-citizens-%e2%80%98die-in%e2%80%99-at-dept-of-public-health-and-environment-in-protest-over-coal/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:09:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jeff Thompson http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/11/30/denver-n30local-citizens-%e2%80%98die-in%e2%80%99-at-dept-of-public-health-and-environment-in-protest-over-coal/#comment-87404 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:59:06 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=14777#comment-87404 March 3, 2010

Please reply and let me know if you received this message. I am working on my comments to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Moffat Collection System Project, a water project which would cost the customers of Denver Water well over $146M to double the size of Gross Reservoir in Jefferson and Boulder Counties. Part of the need for this project stems from a contract Denver Water has to supply up to 5,200 acre feet of water per year for the Cherokee Power Plant. I assume Xcel recieved the operating permit but I am wondering just how much longer this plant will continue to operate. It appears it is very old, the newest unit dating back to 1967. Are you aware of the request Gov. Ritter made last year to all Colorado power generators to provide information on the cost and benefits of potential measures to reduce CO2 emissions? I am wondering whether Xcel might have given information to the Governor regarding the conversion of the Cherokee plant to gas or replacing it with wind and solar facilities. At any rate, I am sure you are aware of how much water these coal plants use to operate. Denver Water fills Gross Reservoir with water from the Frazer River, a tributary of the Colorado River. This project would have a serious damaging effect on the ecology of the Colorado River because too much water is already being diverted from the river. I would be happy to provide you with more information about commenting on this water project DEIS. The DEIS was prepared by a consultant to the Army Corps of Engineers and it is one huge farce, if not a lie. The water would be used mainly to water the lawns of the northwest suburbs and make it possible for the Northwest Corridor toll freeway to be built. To raise the dam at Gross Reservoir, they are actually going to operate an on-site cement kiln. And think of the solar panels that could be purchased for the $146M instead of water for McMansions and sprawl. Jeff Thompson (303) 678-0149

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