Speaker: Del Shannon, P.E., Principal / Senior Vice President, Schnabel Engineering

Topic: Beer is for Drinking...Water is for Fighting! An Overview of Front Range Water

Approximately 5 million – or roughly 85% – of Colorado’s population lives along the Front Range; however, the area only receives about 15 inches of precipitation annually. The water needed to support these communities must be captured, stored and transported to the Front Range from areas where precipitation is more abundant. This presentation describes some of the elaborate and complex systems that provide water to Colorado’s Front Range, and also discusses some of the future projects that are being undertaken to continue to deliver water to this area.