Arkansas - Las Animas Water System Improvements_Water Activity Summary

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3.Install meters on the remaining city facilities that are not metered. 4.Provide the means to bypass the existing 2.0 million gallon underground water storage tank, repair the tank and provide a means of being able to pump water from the tank to the distribution system within a long duration power outage. 5.Undertake distribution system improvements to eliminate old, deteriorating, undersized water mains and frequent pipeline failures 6.Replace existing and install new fire hydrants throughout the city for fire protection and system flushing. Goals The goals of this project include the following: 1.Have the water collection facilities in place to produce enough water to meet demands placed on the water treatment plant. 2.Utilize the city’s water resources to the maximum extent possible by re-drilling a well not currently used to benefit the city, county and state. 3.Have the necessary treatment capacity within the WTP to produce enough water meeting system demands. 4.Have the necessary treatment equipment in place to produce water meeting all water quality standards and rules. 5.Reduce the amount of operation and maintenance required of the distribution system thereby reducing costs for all users of the water system. 6.Provide the catalyst, water, for economic development and expansion for the city, county, surrounding area and region. The stated goals will be accomplished through the installation of the referenced facilities. The facilities will: provide the city additional WTP capacity required to meet demands; eliminate old, brittle and failing piping throughout the distribution system; enable the city to operate and maintain their water system more cost effectively. All work will be installed by means of heavy machinery. Discussion: The proposed project focuses primarily on delivery/improvements of treated drinking water. The proposed project does include redrilling of an existing raw water supply well. While the proposed project meets the broad eligibility requirements it does not develop new supplies and it is a single purpose project. The applicant did not present a strong argument for how the project maximizes existing supplies, does not detail how much water loss is occurring at this time and how the project is expected to improve system losses. In addition, given the issues identified by the applicant it surprisingly appears that the City has not undertaken any specific water conservation programs which would maximize existing supplies. The applicant does identify the economic issues that the lower Arkansas is facing and the financial assistance needs of the City of Las Animas. However, the applicant states that the primary urgency of need for the project is the expansion of the correctional facility but does not provide any information of description regarding why the cost of the project should not be shared by the end user which in this case is the correctional facility. 3