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<br />3) Continue replacing leaking water lines. Fort Lupton's aging water distribution system is in poor
<br />condition and is badly leaking. This problem is, unfortunately, City-wide, and is not isolated to any
<br />particular lines or sections. The City is replacing water mains as funding permits. Part of the
<br />complication of this problem is that because City water use has never been metered, the percentage of
<br />water that is lost in leaks is unknown. Fort Lupton will be able to determine, for the first time,
<br />distribution system losses in November, when the first metered data becomes available.
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<br />4) Drill new wells. Because of the large drop in well production, combined with record use and growth,
<br />the above measures will likely not be enough to provide sufficient additional available supply for the next
<br />two years. The effectiveness of some of these solutions is also unknown and can only be postulated at best
<br />at this time. Fort Lupton needs a solution that will provide a given amount of water next summer. The
<br />City cannot risk running out of water by relying on estimates or guesses for which there is no historical or
<br />available information (i.e., percentage of water loss, estimated percent of decreased residential water use
<br />due to metered rates, effectiveness of water conservation education program).
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<br />The four wells that are proposed to meet the demands of the next two years consist of two municipal wells
<br />and two irrigation wells. The two irrigation wells will be dedicated to City park land and will eliminate
<br />the need to use our municipal wells, and future mountain water supply, to irrigate these City parks. The
<br />two municipal wells will be initially used to help meet all residential, commercial, and industrial
<br />demands. After our mountain water supply is in place, these wells, along with all our other municipal
<br />wells, will continue to be used for peaking purposes, continued park irrigation, and industrial use. As part
<br />of our mountain water supply project, our well water is being segregated from our mountain water supply,
<br />and the City will be able to supply only well water to our other City parks and our large industrial users.
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<br />Due to the late date in which the City decided to submit this application, our engineering consultant,
<br />Black & Veatch, has not had the opportunity to develop the engineering report that you would typically
<br />receive with the application. However, the City believes new water wells combined with the other
<br />strategies listed above are the only feasible courses of action that Fort Lupton has at this time. We are
<br />pursuing an alternate source of supply, but, as explained above, it will not be available for at least two
<br />years. The four wells the City is proposing to develop are decreed and adjudicated wells for their
<br />proposed uses and no water rights will need to be purchased for the City to develop these wells.
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<br />The enclosed application is in the amount of$750,000. Again, because of the late date in which the City
<br />decided to submit this application, detailed cost estimates have not yet been developed and are not
<br />available at this time, however, rough estimates are as follows:
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<br />DEVELOP NEW MUNICIPAL CITY WELL NO.9
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<br />Drill and Develop Well:
<br />Screen and Casing:
<br />Pump, motor and interior piping, meter, and valves:
<br />Well house:
<br />Chlorination equipment:
<br />Electrical, controls, and HV AC:
<br />Exterior connecting distribution system piping:
<br />Land and easements:
<br />Contingency at 25%:
<br />SUBTOTAL:
<br />Engineering at 15%:
<br />TOTAL:
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<br />$25,000
<br />$30,000
<br />$35,000
<br />$30,000
<br />$5,000
<br />$25,000
<br />$65,000
<br />$5,000
<br />$65,000
<br />$285.000
<br />$41,000
<br />$326.000
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