BOARD00185 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 5/23/2007
• Description: Intrastate Water Management and Development Section - Water Supply Reserve Account Applications for Grants
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Water Supply Reserve Account - Grant Application Form

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Form Revised October 2006

5. Please provide a copy of the proposed scope of work. Please refer to Part 2 of the criteria and
guidance document for detailed requirements. Attach additionall sheets as needed.

The Round Mountain Water & Sanitation District purchased la ranch for its water rights in August 2000 and has
spent several years in water court converting the surface irrigation rights to groundwater municipal use rights. The
purchase of these rights and the associated legal fees, have pl~ced the district in significant debt. Purchase of the
water rights was necessitated by a State decision to invalidatci historical well rights used by the towns and district
for over a hundred years. Additionally the district has added bd replaced thousands of feet of mains in the water
system and added two water storage tanks since it took over the water systems from the towns. This water rights
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effort has prevented the district from continuing additional critical capital improvements for several years.
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In 2005, the Towns of Silver Cliff and Westcliffe in cooperati~n with RMWSD and the Wet Mountain Valley Fire
Protection District obtained DOLA grant funds for a Engineered Water Study, which was completed in 2006. The
purpose of the study was to identify the most significant wat~r system needs based on health, safety and welfare,
prioritize the needs and develop a capital improvement plan Ito address the most significant system issues. The
multi-phase plan calls for a third pressure zone in the town Of Silver Cliff to address insufficient fire flows and
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domestic water pressures and a new well with treatment equipment including a chlorine contact chamber to address
water supply shortages for Phase I (2007). In a second phase'l (2008 - 2009), additional treated water storage will
be added including a second chlorine contact chamber at the ,existing Smith Well. Future phases (beyond 2009)
will address main additional replacement for insufficient size mains in both towns. The district plans to relieve
some of the debt by selling the ranch land purchased for the J.ater rights. A portion of the ranch may be reserved
for a water storage reservoir which may be shared with oth~r entities such as the VA WCD. Future necessary
improvement beyond Phase II can then be funded by the distri~t.
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A $500,000.00 DOLA Energy Impact Grant has been applied! for with a $150,000.00 grant match from RMWSD
funds to complete a portion of Phase I. The purpose of thi~ grant application is to provide sufficient funds to
complete all critical elements of Phase I in 2007. I

Without the additional funding requested in this grant, the! water shortage can not be addressed in Phase I.
Currently the summer peak demand exceeds the pumping capacity of existing district wells and the current well
treatment systems do not meet the minimum chlorine contact tiPte required by State and Federal regulations.
Following is a description of the goals of this project and how and when they will be accomplished
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1. Increase water system production capacity by 250 k.p.m.
a. Drill new production well at Gallery Site. I
b. Test water production & water quality.
c. Install 3-phase power & production well pfunp.
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2. Design treatment system and obtain CDPHE system approval.

3. Install new treatment capacity ready for connection1to distribution system.
a. Treatment building. II
b. Chlorine gas treatment system.
c. Chlorine contact chamber. I
See Attachment D for TimelinelBudget.

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