Steamboat II Line Mapping Applic

• Project Type: Ag/Muni Grant
• Applicant: Steamboat II Water & Sanitation District
• Project Name: Service Line Mapping and Detection
• Title: Grant Application
• Date: 11/26/1996
• County: Routt
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Application

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Steamboat II Water BE Sanitation District

P.O. Box 1277
Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477
[phone]

DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT

The pro.ject description for the purpose of accounting would be
called SERVICE LINE MAPPING AND LEAK DETECTION. The first part of
this project would be to map all service lines as they connect from
the main to each house. This information is not on file at this
time and needs to be gathered in anticipation of a water and sewer
system mapping update _ The second and most important purpose of
this project would be to identify any water service line leaks. The
District has experienced several service line leaks in the past
few years. On the average, three to four per year resulting in a
great amount of water loss_

To fully understand the need for this project a brief background
needs to be supplied. The Steamboat II Water and Sanitation
District is a small District located four miles west of Steamboat
Springs in the northwest part of the state of Colorado. Established
in 1971. the District serves 204 single family customers on 150
acres. with two out of three filings built out. It has one full
time employee for administration and operation, and one part time
employee for bookkeeping_ Because of the age of the water system,
the District is experiencing some high maintenance on some of the
ductile iron water main pipe. To further compound the problem,
service line leaks are becoming more common in the older parts of
the District. The water usage figures per house per day are
slightly above the national average and are aggravated by waiting
for a service line leak to surface. By doing a lot by lot study,
the District is confident it can pin point and correct a major
portion of water loss, there by reducing production and acquisition
costs. and resulting in even greater water conservation.

Since Steamboat Springs and surrounding areas receive great amounts
of snow. implementation of this project could not begin until the
summer of 1997. and could be completed in a eighteen month period
or sooner. Once data is gathered, and as problems are located and
repaired. the District should be able to monitor any changes in
water production easily by comparing daily log sheets and hour
meter readings from the well field and control vault to the
previous months. Also the difference between water production
numbers and customer metered billing numbers should narrow. This
data can be compared to existing data from previous months and
years and should give a clear picture of the result of the proposed
project. The project results can also be shared with the District
homeowners, through the District newsletters. and also could be
made available to other water and sanitation districts and
engineers in the area.

The District has been looking at implementing this type of project
for the past few years after discussions with its engineer about
water loss. and how to make the system tighter and more efficient.
However. due to budget constraints, the project has been on the
back burner for some time. After reading about the Water
Conservation & Water Use Efficiency Block Grant Program,