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<br />II <br /> <br />WATER DEMANDS <br /> <br />In June 2002, Paonia's water system serviced a population of approximately <br />1500 people within the incorporated Town boundaries. For the purpose of this report, <br />these customers are classified as in-town customers. Paonia's water system also <br />supplied water to an estimated 800 out-of-town customers who reside outside of the <br />Town's corporate boundaries. Out-of-town customers were served by either direct <br />meter service or by pipeline companies through master meter arrangements. Pipeline <br />companies were required to have a minimum of three taps to be considered a pipeline <br /> <br />company, <br /> <br />Previous Proiections <br /> <br />The Draft 2000 Study included a thorough evaluation of Paonia's existing water <br />demands, economic factors affecting future growth, and projections of future water <br />demand growth. The existing and future demands were analyzed in the Draft 2000 <br />Study by SSC Research & Consulting (SSC). The Draft 2000 Study used estimated <br />census data to conclude that the 1999 population within the Town boundaries and the <br />population of out-of-town customers was 1,750 and 2,825 people respectively. BBC <br />reviewed water-billing records from 1 998 and 1999 to conclude that thiS metered water <br />demands on the entire water system in 1999 was approximately 127 million gallons <br />(390 acre-feet). These metered demands included water used to irrigate parks within <br />Paonia. <br /> <br />After analyzing factors that would affect future water demand growth for <br />Paonia's system, SBC developed three possible future growth scenarios that are <br />summarized as follows: <br /> <br />Growth Scenario A assumed that future water demand growth would occur at <br />an average rate of 1.5 percent per year. This growth rate was thought to be <br />similar to the historical growth rate of Paonia since 1970. <br /> <br />Growth Scenario B assumed that future water demand growth would occur at <br />an average rate of 2 percent per year. This growth rate was considered to be <br />consistent with the State Demographer's Office projections for Delta County at <br />that time. <br /> <br />13 <br />