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<br />~ ' ' <br />~ <br /> <br />COLORADO HABR C('lN5~RVATION BOARD <br />823 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />October, 197E <br /> <br />HAYDSN PROJ~'~CT <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The town of Hayden, located in western Routt County, lies <br />approximately 17 miles east of the town of Craig and about 25 miles <br />west of Steamboat Springs, the county seat. The town was incorporated <br />in 1906. The present population of the town was estimated at about <br />1,700 persons in 1975, with an annual growth of about 150 persons per <br /> <br />YGar. <br /> <br />Since about 1965, the Yampa River Basin has sh~wn a steady rise in <br />coal production and nnw accounts for about 53 percent of all coal pro- <br />duction in the state. Because of increasing energy demands, it is <br />anticipated that production in the rep,ion will rise from the present <br />level of about 3 million tons per year tn about 33 million t~ns by the <br />year 1990. Hayden had ten percent of the regional population in 1970, "'!1. <br />but will probably receive up to abo~t forty percent of the direct employ- <br />ment force for coal development ir. the years to come. <br /> <br />The prrisent town water system takes water from the Yampa River by <br />gr~vity. Thereafter it is Dumped through a series ~f treatment plants <br />and small reservoirs for ultimate distribution. The system is ancient <br />and overtaxed. Water uses are metered, but many of the meters are in <br />poor repair. <br /> <br />PROBLJi" <br />Due to the rapid influx of population in the last four t~ five <br /> <br />0310 <br />