WSP10676

• File Number: 8200.766
• Description: Gunnison River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Gunnison
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 1/1/3000
• Author: Unknown
• Title: Gunnison-Arkansas - Various Data Regarding Aspen Reservoir Site-Etc
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Data

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gallons, including interest and depreciation is $44.61. This would amount

to $14.50 per acre-foot. This is an average figure for the period 1933 to

1939. The operating expense for Las Animas. an unmetered system, is approxi-

mately $15 per acre-foot.

Pumping costs at Pueblo amount to.approxime.tely $5 per acre-foot.

Pumping expense for Las Animas is estimated at t10 per acre~foot based on

their ple.nt cost cf $128.758. The latter system is compcsed of wells dril1-

. ed in too valley a.lluvium.

Too allowable charge and th3 benefits accrued to the system de-

pends on the towns in the valley. The water supply for these towns will de-

pend on their own efforts. sinoe the construction of municipal supply pipe

lines is left to the towns involved.

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The following is a possible che.rge and the benefits derived for

the system.

Salida. The future supply of Saliea, will probably reach 1,680

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acre-feet. The annual cost of the pipe line and filtration plant in the

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system menticned iSI

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Total cos t of com tnl nt.j on
Amourt amortized at 3% for 50 years
Annual 0 & M
Operation

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$85.000
3,300
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6.200

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The present delivery would be 365,000.000 gallons a year or the

cost per acre-foot would be $5.50. This would 8IIlount to approximately 2

cents per thousand gallons. T he cost of pumping would be saved. The future

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consumption of 1.680 acre-feet would be obtained at a cost of approximately

$3,70 per aore-foot allowing $15 per eore-foot for the cost of supplying

water. a oonoeivab1e cherge of $5 per aore-foot is estimated.

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