PROJ02008

• Contract/PO #: FS0073FX
• Contractor Name: Lamar, City of
• Contract Type: Grant
• Water District: 0
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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Executive Summary

The City of Lamar in southeastern Colorado utilizes potable water for both culinary
needs and landscape irrigation. An alternative to this is the implementation of a
secondary supply system for landscape irrigation. This allows beneficial use of the
existing and owned surface water supply from Fort Bent Ditch Co. along with an
expansion of the existing well water sources north of the railroad.

Some additional features of the project will utilize existing infrastructure and features
where possible including phasing of the project.

The development of a pressurized secondary supply irrigation transmission system is
proposed to provide irrigation water on demand throughout the City of Lamar. A network
of raw water storage reservoirs, pump stations, and pipelines is conceptualized in this
study to provide the water required for irrigation purposes.

The report also contains a brief discussion of some socio-economic characteristics
within the City that support the engineering feasibility aspects of the study including the
phasing of the project.

Probable costs have been estimated by phase. The construction can be phased based
on available funding and logical system expansion approach, in addition to the socio-
economic elements within the community.

The study reported here has determined that the implementation and use of a secondary
supply system is feasible.

The anticipated layout of the system, the nature and quality of the service, and future
system operations are conceptualized. These have been utilized in the development of
the anticipated costs for each phase.

Conclusions and recommendations are provided at the end of the report.