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<br />T~BLE OF CONTENTS (continued)
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<br />V. Existing Water Consumption and Use....,..,...........,.... 44
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<br />General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 45
<br />City of Cortez",........,.........,.,.....,.............. 52
<br />Town of Dolores..... . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . 61
<br />Montezuma Water Company,...........,......,.,...,......,.. 61
<br />Montezuma Water District No. 1............................ 65
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<br />Towaoc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . 65
<br />Town of Dove Creek."...,.,.,..,.."...,...,...",....",. 67
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<br />VI. Population Characteristics................................ 68
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<br />General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . , . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . 69
<br />~ge Distribution by Sex............"..,.,................ 72
<br />Population Distribution.... . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . . . . 77
<br />/'verage Household Si7.e......... . . . . , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . 79
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<br />VII. Economic Developnent...,.................,.....,.......... 80
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<br />General. . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , , , . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . 81
<br />~griculture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . 82
<br />Dolores Project...................,.,...,...............,. 85
<br />Mineral Industry......................................, . . . 94
<br />Tourism... .. ... . . .. ........... . ...... . ... .. . . ... ......,... 97
<br />Food Processing Industry............,.........;...,....... 99
<br />Timber ~ssociated Industries.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . . 99
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<br />Service Industries..................,..."..,....,........ 101
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<br />VIII. Population Forecasts........,.........................,... 102
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<br />General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 103
<br />Economic Base Study.......,...............,.......,......, 104
<br />Projection by County Planning Commissions...........,..... 107
<br />Projection by Colorado Division of Planning.,....,.,...,.. 108
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<br />Other proj ections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . , . , , , . . . . . .. 108
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<br />IX. Water Use Forecast......,......,.....".,....,.,.,......,. 116
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<br />General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . .. 117
<br />Basic ~ssumptions.,..................,........,.."....... 118
<br />~vailable Sources of Supply.......,..,.."...........,.". 122
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<br />X. Principal Findings...,.,.,.,.,..........."......"....... 129
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<br />General. . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . , . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . , . . .. 130
<br />Recommendations. . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , , , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 132
<br />Cost Estimates...., . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . , . . . . . . . . . .. 141
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<br />Bibliography. . . , . . , . . . , . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . .. 147
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