Nucla Gravity Flow System Final Report

• Project Type: Ag/Muni Grant
• Contract/PO #: C153710
• Applicant: Town of Nucla
• Project Name: Raw Water Irrigation Project
• Title: Town of Nucla Raw Water Irrigation Project
• County: Montrose
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Final Report

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~Tl1wrt Park & School. to benejjtfrom $40.:400.grant
f\iJcla Awarded Water Conservation ~ I
y _Jan vanderJxx>l .
The town ofN"uela has been
warded a water. conserva-
on grant In the amount of "
40,400. The state grant,
'hieh was applied for in
1arch, w1ll be USed for ln1ga-
lon improvement.
1b1s ~1ect wUl be used as
. demonstration program for
later conservation ellleiency
L11d Chris Bridges, who is on
he staff of the Colorado
Vater Conservation. Board,
vUl be here June 24 to meet
with Usa Wright to go over
he wo:elJaDwhich'WUl be
mbml wtththe contract.
t\lthough-Wrtght'sp<?St as.
admlnJ8trattve Intern. for the
town ends. June 29, she.will
follow the water conservation
plan through to completion.
In the past. treated water
has been used for lrrlgatlng
the town park and bofh the
elementaJy and high school
grounds, as well as p~vate
fawns. Plans are to use raw
water after the new trrlgation
lmprovements have been lm-
Ple_ed.
. to fill the reservoir is
co g from the Colorado
Cooperative Ditch (using
shares owned by the town).
Mayor Johri Vanderpool ~
says using raw water for rr-
rlgaUon is not onlyeheaper;
It causes less wear and tear

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on the treatment plant. .
Wright estimated that the
savings in water cost and
new filters for the treatment
plant wlll save. the town
about $]00.000 since-
137,020.553 gallons of
treated water is used from
Ma~ through September of
each year. By using raw
water for lrr1gation purposes,
52 mUllon gallons woUld be
saved.
Accprding to Wright, the
town has alinost maxed out
the current treatment plant
and it would cost the town
$341,000 annually to replace
It, at a cost of $3.494 million
for a new plant. ..
Phase 1, rehabilitation of
~tlngreservoir, Is com-
a close. Phase 2 lo-
cI e's site amenities such as
a beach. lighting, fencing,
picnic tables and parK
benches. These were ap-
proved for the 1992 budget,
. and phase 3. the raw water
inigatlon system, Is part of
an Enterprise Fund.

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a - $In MIguel Basin Forum. Thursday JulY.8, 1993

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Nucla Planning Board
Names Subcommittee':'

A subcommittee made up
of Nuc1a Planning Board
members as well as members
. of the community is being
fanned to oversee the Water
Conservation Grant project
to implement a raw water ir-
rigation system Within. the .
town. .
The Planning Board held a
special meeting last week -to.
begin the .formation -and.
anYQne.inter~sted In the-
project-is encot,rrage<rfo at-
tena tncnext rep:wat meetlilg-
whIch.will beheld next Tues-
day,. Jul}r13, at the Nucla
Town Board at 7 p.m.
. .. 11J.e. -tr:r1gation. system~ . a .
pOot- ero1ect.in the state,. w1ll.
~e. water-from. the .town'~_

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shares of Colorado Co-o~ra-~
tive Ditch water to be usect for .
lrr1gatlng the town ~k as. :
well as fhe high school and'
elementary school in this:
proposed phase. Using raw: :
water to ln1gate will take a lot
of "pressure" off the town'S':
water treatment plant, there:'
by saving money for both.-: ~ .. . '... .. .. . .'. . .
Nucla and her residents. .:;.: "~~~~~~l~-:
Members of the Plann1rij( . ..
Board, representatives froin"
the West End School Distrtct'.
and the two schools are part_.
of the subcommittee. 'I1ie:.
meetings are open to the:.
public and residents ate".
urged to attend tolrovlde' ':
input for this an other.j.
projects and plans. ::.. >. ,.~...