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Parker Water & Sanitation District officials announced that construction of the Rueter-Hess Reservoir — which is 180 feet deep and spans 1,400 acres — has reached a stage where water can be received.
State officials have approved a request to allow water in nearby Newlin Gulch to be stored in the reservoir.
The reservoir, one of Colorado’s biggest water-supply projects in decades, is designed to help wean suburbs off waning aquifers.
