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Feasibility Study Loan Application Attachment Sheet Page 2, Part A, Question #5: The City of Fort Morgan currently operates 14 wells to supply the water needs of the residents, businesses and industries located within the City. The wells pump water from the alluvial aquifer which is associated with the South Platte River. The wells vary in depth from approximately 120 feet to 180 feet. The existing distribution system consists of more than 220,000 linear feet of distribution pipeline. The pipe sizes range from 4 inches to 14 inches in diameter. The oldest parts of the distribution system were installed prior to 1950, but since the late 1970's several additions and renovations have been completed. The underground aquifer is considered the major source of water storage in the City. The only source of treated water storage is a standpipe located on the south edge of the City. The standpipe is 20 feet in diameter, 110 feet tall, and has a volume of approximately 225,000 gallons. Water pumped by the City's wells is augmented through the Groundwater Appropriators of the South Platte River Basin, Inc. (GASP). The city owns 38 units in GASP which means that up to 3,800 acre-feet of water can be augmented annually through GASP. Page 3, Part B, Question #5: The City of Fort Morgan is a participant in the Southern Water Supply Project (SWSP), which is sponsored by the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (NCWCD). The City became a participant in the SWSP so that they could replace their existing water supply with high quality Colorado-Big Thompson Project (C-BT) Water. The quality of the City's existing supply is relatively undesirable as nitrate and adjusted gross alpha concentrations are approaching primary Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) standards and variables such as sulfates and total dissolved solids exceed secondary SDW A standards. The SWSP consists primarily of three phases. They are: (1) modifications to the outlet works at Carter Lake and construction of the main pipeline from Carter Lake to Broomfield (Broomfield pipeline), (2) construction of a branch pipeline from the Broomfield pipeline to Riley Mound northeast of Fort Lupton (Fort Lupton pipeline), and (3) construction of a branch pipeline from the Fort Lupton pipeline to the City (Fort Morgan pipeline). As a part of the SWSP, the City will be required to construct a raw water storage reservoir at the end of the pipeline from Carter Lake. The reservoir will be required to provide emergency storage in the event of a break in the pipeline or when the pipeline is not in operation because of routine maintenance. Preliminary recommendations by the NCWCD are for all SWSP participants to provide a minimum of seven days of peak capacity for raw water storage. Using the City's 9.5 cfs capacity in the pipeline and the seven day recommendation results in a storage volume of approximately 132 acre-feet.