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One-On-One: An interview with Adam Jokerst, city of Greeley deputy director of water resources – BizWest
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GREELEY The Greeley City Council unanimously approved the acquisition of the Terry Ranch aquifer as part of a long-term water storage project at its meeting Tuesday night.
The acquisition is not for the Terry Ranch roadside attraction at the Colorado/Wyoming border but for the underground aquifer below it. City officials plan to mine the aquifer for water it can purify for current use and to install pumps so it can store water below the surface.
The project would create space for 1.2 million acre-feet of water, enough to fulfill Greeley’s current water usage for 48 years. City officials began pursuing Terry Ranch after spending millions of dollars and years trying to acquire the permits needed to expand its Milton Seaman Reservoir in the mountains.
GREELEY The city of Greeley may halt its yearslong efforts to expand its Milton Seaman Reservoir in the mountains and secure water-storage rights on the Terry Ranch property in northwest Weld County. In presentation documents made public ahead of the council’s Tuesday night meeting, Greeley officials say they plan to tap into an underground aquifer below the property near the Colorado/Wyoming border and not only mine the existing water for purification but inject already clean water into the basin for storage. The project would create space for 1.2 million acre-feet of water, enough to fulfill Greeley’s current water usage for 48 years. To pay for the project, the city plans to issue water rights credits to the water’s current owner, Wingfoot Water Resources LLC. In turn, Wingfoot would sell the credits to developers seeking to fulfill their raw water requirements for building within the city’s limits. The project is estimated to cost $506 million by the year 2100. In an inte