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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Keeping The Good Ship S.S. Empire Afloat <br />The highest ship in service and the farthest from the sea. <br /> <br />A Water Efficiency Demonstration Project <br />For the Town of Empire, Colorado <br /> <br />~ who we are <br /> <br />The Town of Empire, formerly known as Valley City, was <br />incorporated in 1881 and lies at the foot of Berthoud Pass on U.S. Highway 40 at <br />an elevation of 8,612 feet. Driving distance to Denver is forty-two miles. The <br />Town's population of 401 (1990 Census) is primarily engaged in small business, <br />mining and tourism-related activities. Since the severe cutback of the area's <br />primary tax source, the Henderson Mine in 1983, Empire and the surrounding <br />areas have suffered an economic recession that has deepened with the decline of <br />the petroleum industry in Denver during the mid-1980's. <br /> <br />~ the project <br /> <br />The primary objective of this project, Keeping the Good Ship S.S. Empire <br />Afloat, is to develop an active partnership between the Town and its citizens in <br />order to promote and implement water conservation practices and measures <br />among the users; and to closely monitor and significantly reduce the Town's costs <br />associated with providing water service. . <br /> <br />Although Empire is located at the source, the Continental Divide, and the <br />water supply seems inexhaustible, we realize that conservation must be a <br />cooperative effort and must take place at both ends of the pipe. <br /> <br />The project's nautical theme is designed to appeal to the next generation of <br />water users as being good for the Earth. The double entendre of "staying afloat" <br />is to appeal to adults as a money-saving, equitable proposition. <br /> <br />1 <br />