Lamar_WCPlan_Applic

• Water Efficiency Grant Type: Water Conservation Planning Grant
• Contract/PO #: OE PDA 08-20
• Applicant: City of Lamar
• Project Name: City of Lamar Water Conservation Plan
• Title: Grant Application for City of Lamar
• Date: 8/1/2007
• County: Prowers
• Water Efficiency - Doc Type: Approval Letter

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The City of Lamar is a benefactor ofthe Fryingpan-Arkansas Project (Project). The
Project is a trans-mountain diversion that diverts water from the Fryingpan River near
Basalt, CO, on the western slope, to the Arkansas River Valley to be used by agriculture
and municipal entities. The Project is administered by the Southeastern Colorado Water
Conservancy District (SECWCD). The SECWCD boundaries extend from Buena Vista
to Lamar. The City of Lamar purchases Project water to recharge the ground water.
Over the last 5 years the City has requested 2,000 acre feet to be allocated from the
Project, but have only received a fraction of the request.

Table 5: Acre-Feet of Allocated Water received from the Fryingpan-Arkansas
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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Requested 2,000 af 2,000 af 2,000 af 2,000 af 2,000 af
Receiyed 448 af 930 af 261 af 980 af 1,021 af

(2) 'VaterlWastewater Treatment and Storage
Potable Water Treatment and Storage

The City's raw water supply is stored in two tanks, a six million gallon and a two million
gallon tanks. The two million gallon tank was recently installed in 2002. Both tanks
provide eight million gallons in total storage. The City uses Fryingpan-Arkansas Project
water and ditch and canal water to recharge the ground water in the well field. Water
from the well field is pumped to the Lamar Water Treatment Facility (WTF). The WTF
is located at 28700 County Road 8.5. The WTF has 7.5 million gallons per day (MGD)
peak t:::apacity. The City's peak and average daily demand are 6 MGD and 1.6 MGD
respel;;tively.

Planned improvement to the system is part of Master Plan TEC is currently preparing for
the City. Once the Master Plan is completed the City will prioritize which improvement
will be performed.

Waste Water Treatment and Storage
The Lamar wastewater treatment facility (WWTF) is located at 1203 Century Drive. It
consists of evaporative lagoons. The only discharge is to ground water, hencc~ there is no
discharge to the river. Lamar's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permit number CO 0023671 was reissued in 1990 and amended in 1993. The
WWTF has a capacity of 1.20 MGD and the average demand is .95 MGD. Presently
there are no planned changes to the WWTF, but the Master Plan will be looking at
options to expand the capacity of the WWTF.

6. Description of the Proiect Plan
This grant application is in response to the letter dated March 20, 2006 from the Colorado
Water Conservation Board (CWCB) Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning
(OW"CDP) to the City of Lamar. Please, see Attachment 6. The letter states that the City
of Lamar's water conservation plan only meets the minimum requirements and should bt;:

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