PROJ01959 ‎(2)‎

• Contract/PO #: C150131A
• Contractor Name: Paonia, Town of
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 0
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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Feasibility Report for Improvement of Paonia's Water Supply System
Town of Paonia
April 21, 2000

TABLE 4.1

AVERAGE 1999 PAONIA PER CAPITA WATER DEMANDS

Outside of
In-Town Town
Average Annual Water Demand Per Capita (gallons per day) 127 1'16
Monthly Metered Water Demand Per Capita (gallons per day)
January 74 133
February 84 131
March 98 137
April 101 111
May 115 105
June 198 156
July 234 171
August 185 149
September 161 133
October 119 146
November 80 92
December 74 72
Unaccounted Water as Share of Total Production
Water Spilled at Treatment Plants 11.6%
Other Unaccounted Water 18.8%
Total Unaccounted Water 30.4%

Historical Population Growth

When developing long-term projections, it is often useful to begin by looking backwards at the
historical population growth. Figure 4.3 depicts population growth in the Town ofPaonia, and
in Delta County as a whole, from 1950 to 1997. Figure 4.3 shows that, while Paonia population
changes have been more volatile than County population changes as a whole, population growth
in the two areas has followed a very similar trend. Over the 27 years since 1970, the average
annual population growth rate in the Town ofPaonia has been 1.5 percent per year. However,

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