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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />In 1979, the district filed an application in the Water <br /> <br /> <br />Court of Water Division No. 1 for approval of a water <br /> <br />augmentation plan. Under such a plan, if approved, the district <br /> <br />will drill additional wells which will pump water under.a senior <br /> <br /> <br />water right, thus increasing its water supplies. Under this <br /> <br />plan, the district will augment the stream system in order to <br /> <br /> <br />protect the senior appropriators. <br /> <br />The present per capita consumption is 40 gpcd. This amount <br /> <br />would be increased to about 80 gpcd if the proposed augmentation <br /> <br /> <br />plan is approved. <br /> <br />Problem <br /> <br />The problems with the existing system were: <br /> <br />1. The decreed capacity of the existing wells is limited to <br /> <br /> <br />28 gpm, thus presenting a problem of limiting the water supplies <br /> <br />available to the district under increased water demand <br /> <br /> <br />conditions. <br /> <br />2. The water distribution mains were almost exclusively <br />4 inch diameter cast iron pipes installed at depths as shallow'as <br />3.5 feet in certain areas. The distribution lines, particularly <br />shallow and dead end lines, have experienced severe freezing <br /> <br />problems resulting in broken mains and interrupted water supply <br />service during the winter season. <br />-2- <br />