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<br />ST A TE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX: (303) 866-4474 <br />www.cwcb.state.co.us <br /> <br /> <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Greg E. Walcher <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />Rod Kuharich <br />CWCB Director <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Bruce Johnson, P.E. <br />Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief <br />Water Supply Planning and Finance Section <br /> <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />DATE: August 30,2002 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 12c, September 11-12, 2002 Board Meeting <br />Water Supply Planning and Finance Section - New Loans <br />Town of Akron - Well and Pipeline Construction <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The Town of Akron is applying for a $349,799 Small Project Loan from the Construction Fund to <br />construct two new wells and raw water transmission lines connecting to their existing water supply <br />system. The estimated total cost of the project is $388,799. Please see the attached project summary <br />and map. <br /> <br />Backaround <br /> <br />The Town of Akron provides domestic water to the 1,711 residents of the town, and 3 out-of-city <br />residences. The water system serves approximately 880 taps, residential and commercial. Ten <br />wells feed into a 1.5 million gallon above ground storage tank, constructed in 1996, for treatment <br />and distribution. All of the Town's wells are low-producing, and the Town has difficulty keeping up <br />with demand during the summer months. There is no room for any population growth or additional <br />industry with the system as it now stands. The two new wells, the Hoyer and Thomas/Kusel wells, <br />will be larger than any on the Town system, and the two combined could double the water <br />production capabilities of the Town. <br /> <br />In addition, there is currently no backup power source on any of the Town's wells, and this project <br />will allow for the purchase.of a generator to provide backup electricity to one of the Town's existing <br />wells. This will allow the Town to provide uninterrupted water supply in case of electrical failure. <br /> <br />Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Planning <br />