PROJ01948 ‎(2)‎

• Contract/PO #: C150121
• Contractor Name: Little Thompson Water District
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 2
• County: Weld
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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L TWD is unaffected by the Tabor Amendment. A copy of Resolution 93-1 is in
Appendix A.

Facilities

Little Thompson 'Water District and Central Weld County Water District jointly
own and operate, two water treatment plants located at the south end of Carter
Lake. .The south plant draws its water from an outlet works on the Northern
Colorado Water Conservancy District's St. Vrain Supply Canal. The raw water
source for the north plant is directly from Carter Lake and from the St. Vrain
Canal.

The treatment plants are operated as a separate entity know as the Carter Lake
Filter Plant and are capable of producing up to 34 million gallons per day (MGD)
of treated water. The north plant began service in 1962 and is capable of
treating 14 MGD. The treatment process consists of mechanical micro-strainers,
alum flocculent, ~ettling basin and mixed media filter beds. The original south
water treatment plant came on line in 1995 with a treatment capacity of 10 MGD.
This plant was expanded an additional 10 MGD in 2001 and has been planned
such that the plant can expand an additional 10 MGD with additional filter beds.

Treated water is ~tored in the clear well at each of the filter plants as well as in a
one million-gallon tank and a five million-gallon tank near the filter plants at an
elevation of approximately 5,435 feet above mean sea level. A new 5 MGD tank
is currently under: construction at the plant site to provide additional treated water
storage. In addition to this storage capacity which is shared with CWCWD,
L TWO operates' three additional treated water storage facilities with a total
storage capacity of 7.15 million gallons.

Little Thompson Water District's distribution system is made up of more than 500
miles of water lines ranging in size from one inch in diameter to 42 inches in
diameter: L TWO has more than 82 miles of 10-inch and larger diameter water
line, 230 miles of six-inch and eight-inch diameter water line, and more than 175
miles four-inch and smaller diameter water line. The various types of main water
line installed include steel, cast iron, ductile iron, transite, PVC, and copper.

Service Area

L TWD provides d.omestic water to a 300-square mile area in Larimer, Weld, and
Boulder counties, L TWD is generally bounded by the City of Loveland on the
north; Long's Peak Water District on the south; the City of Greeley, the South
Platte River, and the St. Vrain River on the east; and the foothills of the Front
Range on the west. A service area map is shown on Figure 1. L TWD currently
serves approxirnately 7642 estimated tap equivalents providing water to
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approximately 24,500 customers. The L TWD also maintains metered
connections with, Central Weld County Water District (CWCWD), Fort Collins-
Loveland Water District, and the City of Loveland for emergency supply and

Dry Creek Reservoir Feasibility Study

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