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<br />Preliminary engineering and permitting for NEWT is underway. To date, ELCO has <br />spent $82,620 on NEWT. Land acquisition is planned for 2007 with construction <br />beginning in 2008. Table 5.2 summarizes costs associated with the NEWT project. <br /> <br />Table 5.2 - Total Estimated Cost of the NEWT <br /> <br /> Estimated Unit Cost of <br /> Cost Capacity Capacity <br />Permitting and Planning $315,240 <br />Land Acquisition $1,192,000 <br />Construction $9,656,000 <br />Subtotal $11,163,240 <br />Design & Construction Contingency (200/0) $2,232,650 <br />Subtotal $13,395,890 <br />Engineering (120/0) $1,600,000 <br />Total $14,995,890 55 mgd $0.27 per gallon <br /> <br />Raw Water Storaae <br /> <br />To better utilize its Poudre River water rights and increase the yield of those water <br />rights, ELCO plans to obtain storage capacity at several locations along the Poudre <br />River. ELCO plans to secure storage at the following locations: 1) available for <br />diversion at the Pleasant Valley Pipeline, 2) as close to possible to the SCFP and 3) <br />downstream of the wastewater treatment facilities that will discharge reusable effluent <br />that ELCO can claim and capture. <br /> <br />Securing storage high in the Poudre will increase the average yield of the District's <br />native supplies by allowing surplus water captured in wet years to be carried over for <br />use in dry years. Storage near the SCFP will provide operational flexibility and the <br />ability to regulate the timing of supplies to more closely match the timing of customer <br />demands. Gravel pits located downstream of the discharges of the wastewater <br />treatment facilities that serve ELCO's customers will allow the District to claim and <br />capture as much of its reusable effluent as possible. <br /> <br />Halliaan Reservoir <br /> <br />ELCO and other northern Colorado water suppliers (NWCWD, FCLWD, Fort Collins, <br />and NPIC) have applied for a federal permit to enlarge Halligan Reservoir from 6,400 <br />acre feet to approximately 40,000 acre feet. ELCO plans to obtain 3,795 acre feet of <br />capacity in the enlarged reservoir. <br /> <br />Halligan Reservoir was constructed in 1909 by the NPIC on the North Fork of the <br />Poudre River near Livermore. Halligan Reservoir historically supplemented irrigation <br />deliveries of NPIC. In 2003, the City of Fort Collins purchased the reservoir from the <br />NPIC. The following year, ELCO and its partners in the SCFP agreed to participate with <br /> <br />Clear Water Solutions, Inc. <br />East Larimer County Water District <br /> <br />2007 Water Conservation Plan <br /> <br />43 <br />