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<br />Executive Summary <br /> <br />1.0 Purpose and Need of Project <br /> <br />1.1 Proi ect Descri pti on/Purpose and Need <br /> <br />The proposed action, called the Goodman Point Water Project, is a drinking water infrastmcture <br />development project designed to provide domestic water to the Goodman Point area. Residents of <br />Goodman Point have hauled water to their homes using teams of horses and mules to pull water tenders <br />since the area was settled in the late 1800s. Over 100 years later water is still hauled by residents, the only <br />change is that now it is hauled by motor vehicles. <br /> <br />Geographically, Goodman Point is located northwest of Cortez, CO in an unincorporated section of <br />Montezuma County. Residents live on 35 acre or larger parcels where land use is mixed, including <br />agricultural, residential and open space. <br /> <br />The proposed proj ect will require the extension of two main water lines owned and operated by the <br />Montezuma County Water Company. The existing pipelines will ultimately provide water services to the <br />area that is currently without access to a culinary water system for domestic use and fire protection. <br /> <br />Montezuma Water Company has proposed to extend approximately 10 miles of water line throughout the <br />Goodman Point area as well as constmct a pump station and a water storage tank if the project is funded. <br />Existing and proposed water lines are predominantly within a county road right of way or immediately <br />adjacent to the right of way on private property except for three zones where they bisect tilled dryland <br />farms or undeveloped agricultural property. (See Figure 1.) <br /> <br />1 <br />