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<br />.-.....-.0 <br /> <br />!~:: <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />~'."':'.... <br /> <br />(~;~"~." <br />e\ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />major blockage of the District's infIitration gallery as well as contamination of <br />the Mic~Filtration membranes in the treatment.process. <br /> <br />, . <br />. . <br />This has happened on several occasions, causing the treatment plant to . shut <br />down until the situation cleared, and significantly impacting District opera- . <br />- tions. The District is currently getting some financial assistance from the State <br />to both study the damage done to the infiltration gallery and to help with <br />whatever repairs or improvements which may be necessary, to sustain such a <br />recurrence. <br /> <br />. In addition to the above shutdown, the most significant operational impact has <br />. been the drying up of the River during periods of severe drought which has <br />required the District to haul treated, water from the City of Longmont at con- <br />siderably higher costs.( Such hauling is also necessary during the above men- <br />tioned plant shut-down due to River cOntamination.) <br /> <br />It is for these reasons that the District has concluded that the Little Thompson <br />River cannot be considered as a reliable ,source o(rawwate~ to continually <br />serve the needs of the Pinewood Springs community, and is therefore contem..; <br />plating the construction of a raw water reservoir and related facilities. <br /> <br />C-GROWTH <br />*********** <br />The hiStory of the area suggests that the original'system as installed by the <br />developer began servingresideIl.tsas early as thelate 1950's and early 1960's <br />but there is no record available of the year by year gro~ in those years. <br /> <br />. " Exhibit "D" acknowledges the number of connections which existed when the <br />District was formed in 1978, and the subsequent yearly growth from that time <br />to the presentIt can be seen that the increase was fairly conSistent until the . <br />year 2000 when the frrst of several yearly droughts began. At that time the <br />rate of growth slowed considerably, possibly becaUse of concern about the <br />reliability of the water supply. - <br /> <br />The much slower rate continues through most of this year, but is projected to. <br />return to the earlier higher rate in 2006, by which time the planned improve- <br />ments to the system, such as the raw water reservoir facility and the upgraded <br />'. treatment capacity are estimated to be in place, presumably restoring confi- <br />dence in the system. <br /> <br />At the estimated restored rate of increase, it is seen that the remaining 87 <br />EQR's ( from the present 263 EQR's to to the design total of 350 EQR's ) <br />should be in place by the year 2015. <br /> <br />10 <br />