PROJ01839

• Contract/PO #: FS0061FX
• Contractor Name: Craig, City of
• Contract Type: Miscellaneous
• Water District: 0
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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PURE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WATER IN '96
CITY OF FORT LUPTON
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130 S. McKinley, P.O. Box 148, Fort Lupton, CO 80621 - (303) 857-66941 FAX [phone]

Mr. John Van Sciver
Colorado Water Conservation Board
1313 Sherman St., Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203

October 17, 1994

Dear Mr. Van Sciver:

Enclosed is an application and available supporting documents for a CWCB Construction Loan. The City
appreciates your allowing us to submit this application at such a late date. The application covers the
design and construction of four water wells; two municipal wells for residential, commercial, and
industrial usage, and two irrigation wells to water City parks.

Due to a severe drought and subsequent lack of aquifer recharge, the water table in the Fort Lupton area
has dropped by more than 20 percent and, as a result, well production has decreased by over 35 percent
during the past two years. Essentially, Fort Lupton has lost two of its five wells from production due to
the decrease in aquifer production. Growth, along with record residential and industrial water use from
existing water users, are making it increasing difficult for the City to meet water demands. At the current
level of well production, Fort Lupton will not be able to meet demands next summer. The City did
institute and enforce mandatory outdoor watering restrictions this past summer and plans on doing the
same next year; however, based on the experience of this past summer, this measure will not be adequate
to cover the projected shortfall. The City "maxed out" its water system this past summer and had no
additional water to spare or a factor of safety should one of our wells had gone down for an extended
period of time due to mechanical failure. On some days, our emergency storage was seriously depleted.

As you are aware, Fort Lupton is a participant in the NCWCD Southern Water Supply Project which will
bring Fort Lupton an alternate source of water supply by late 1996. Unfortunately, that project is at least
two years from completion and Fort Lupton needs additional water between now and then to make up for
the supply that has been lost due to the dropping aquifer and to serve the growth that is occurring in Fort
Lupton. There are four courses of action that we are pursuing to help us in meeting the water demands
over the next two years:

1) Continue to enforce outdoor water restrictions and implement a water conservation education program.
We will continue to curtail outside irrigation use and prohibit the wasting of water. We plan on educating
the public on wise water use and conservation practices.

2) Begin billing our customers on a metered rate. Historically, Fort Lupton has been unmetered, but the
City will have the entire City metered by the end of the year. We expect to see a decrease in residential
demand once metered rates are instituted.