Fort Lupton WCPlan 2007

• Project Type: Water Conservation Plan
• Contract/PO #: OE PDA 07-17
• Applicant: City of Fort Lupton
• Project Name: City of Fort Lupton Water Conservation Plan
• Title: City of Fort Lupton Water Conservation Plan
• Date: 8/1/2007
• County: Weld
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Complete Plan

Mountain Water

Fort Lupton is on the cusp of experiencing a high rate of growth. The CBT and Windy
Gap supplies are currently sufficient to meet demands, and to date, there have not been
any shortages from a potable supply standpoint. Over the years, the City has received
more CBT water through dedication than allowed by Northern Colorado Water
Conservancy District (NCWCD) regulations (Resolution 0-962-02-95). Accordingly, the
City cannot purchase additional CBT supplies through the open market and must rely
on additional acquisition of CBT through dedication from developers. This requirement
puts a burden on the City to figure out other ways to extend its water supplies since it
cannot purchase additional CBT water in the open market. CBT water is in great
demand and is converting from agricultural use to municipal/industrial use rapidly. In
the late 1950's, CBT ownership was 850/0 agricultural owned and 150/0
municipal/industrial owned. Today, the estimated ownership is 650/0 municipal/industrial
and 350/0 agricultural. The chart below shows the ownership transition.

Figure 3.5 - CST Ownership Transition
CST Ownership - 310,000 Units

I --+- AG owned - M&I owned I

300000

50000

250000

VI 200000
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1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

Years

Because CBT is in such high demand, Fort Lupton is faced with a difficult challenge. In
order to fund other water acquisitions, such as its recent purchase of Windy Gap
supplies, the City has switched from a CBT dedication policy to a cash-in-lieu policy.
However, since CBT is being obtained by other municipalities so quickly, one of the
greatest challenges the City must face in the near future is whether to switch back to
CBT dedication while this precious resource is still available.

Infrastructure

The City water system currently consists of a "High Pressure Zone" and a "Low
Pressure Zone" to provide water to its residents. These zones refer to the location of
the zone with respect to geographic location and elevation, not the actual pressure

Clear Water Solutions, Inc.
City of Fort Lupton
2007 Water Conservation Plan

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