Here's an opinion piece about the Preferred Options Storage Plan (PSOP) from the Pueblo Chieftain. They write, "Sight unseen, the latest version of legislation to authorize a study of expanding reservoir storage will be unveiled Thursday to the board of the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District. Even though some members of the board have not seen the new draft, proponents of the Preferred Storage Options Plan, or PSOP, reportedly will push for an immediate vote on the bill. Yet it's a dead certainty that Harold Miskel, a former Colorado Springs Utilities executive who chairs the district's PSOP committee, knows exactly what's in it. PSOP proponents are impatient to have Congress take up and pass the bill to authorize a feasibility study of expanding Lake Pueblo and Turquoise Reservoir. Most of the additional water under storage would be destined for Colorado Springs and Aurora, which isn't even in the Arkansas River Basin but has allies within the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for Aurora's claim to the use of Fryingpan-Arkansas Project facilities. Mr. Miskel can count on all five El Paso County votes, including his own, and is trying to line up least three other votes to win bill approval from the 15-member Southeastern District board...
"What's the hurry? PSOP, as a plan, has been under development for more than a decade now, and the Southeastern District board members, as well as the public, deserve a chance - and ample time - to examine the latest version before any bill of such importance is rushed to Congress."
Category: Colorado Water
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