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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I of 2-inch and 4-inch water mains. Water mains of 6-inch diameter and larger account for approximately 20,000 lineal feet. Meeker's water requirements amount to an average of 200 gallons per capita per day (gpcd), representing 235,000 gallons per tap per year. Town water use currently ranges from 300,000 qallons per day (gpd) in the winter time to peak of 1.8 million gallons per day (mgpd) during the summer. The current aVI:rage water bill is approximately $103 per year. For planning purposes for the 1990 population of 7,B50 people, it has been determined that Meeker will need to furnish a peak demand of 3.9 mgd representing 6.0 cubic feet per second (cfs). The average annual water use will be 2.08 cfs, representing 1500 acre-feet (AF) per year. It is anticipated that as the population increases, the unit water demand will decrease. The Town is fully metered. The water quality of the White River is good except for hardness. The water qual i ty tends to deter iorate downstrleam of Coal Creek due to total dissolved solids (TDS) pollution. The hardness of the White River is highest during the minimum stream flow months of January and Fehruary. Meeker is in a good water rights position. It has a senior municipal water right decree for 3.42 cfs and additional moderately junior water rights for 7.0 cfs. The water rights implementation recommendations range from obtaining new municipal water rights for wells to institut ing a change in point of diversion suit and acquisition of additional senior water rights utilizing the "borrowing technique" so as not to dry up ranchland. Proposed Project In 1974, the Town of Meeker entered into an agreement with the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the consulting firm of Wright-McLaughlin Engineers of Denver, Colorado for a Water -3-