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. v.'.... . .. .. It has been decided that the most effective approach to provide such'an alter- nate source would be the construction of a ra~ water reservoir which could be filled when the River is. running, and available as a raw water supply when the River is dry, or otherwise incapacitated from possible contamillation. the Planning Document evaluated several such raw water reservoir systems, from which the District has chosen what is identified as " Crow Lane #1 '" as the . preferred alternate, and this will be further described in Section VI of this Report - , . B) SYSTEM O&M. ***************** , . The original distribution system for the Pinewood. Springs community was essentially installed by the developer" presumably starting when the first 'plats were filed with the Larimer County Planning Commission in 1959. The sys- tem was subsequently taken over by the Pinewood. Springs Water District for' , operation and maintenance when it was formed in 1978..At pre$ent the piping' . in the distribution system has been in the ground for anywhere from 30 to 40 . years, and possibly more,' and its age is constantly reflected by an above nor- inal.amount of leaks.The repair.of such leaks has had a major and ongoing maiIitenance impact, but District operations has been successful in'keeping it under control. . In recognition of such leakage, and specifically to reduce the related un-ac- counted for water, the District has created a number of separately metered zones within the distribution system which are regularly monitored to identify and isolate any leakage within any given zone.This is mentioned in the segment of the Planning Document entitled "Treated Water and Distribution System" ( on page 3 of Section IV-EVALUATION OF EXISTING WATER TREAT- MENT FACILITIES in the Document.). The District has. also established a priority listing of those sections of the dis- tribution'system which have exhibited high leakage, and has activated a plan to systematically replace those sections with new piping using current American Water Works specifications to ensure a tighter system as its capacity is ex- panded. In the summer of 2002, there was a major. frre in the Big Elk Meadows area which lies within the 'natural surface ron-off basin of the Little Thompson River above Pinewood Springs. Much of the resulting ash and other fIre related debris had essentially laid dormant oil the ground surface during the drought period of last year, but was' subsequently dislodged when some later precipitation created run-off which then conveyed the ash into the River. This . material eventually traveled down-River to Pinewood Springs and caused a 9