Arkansas - Las Animas Sanitary Sewer System Improvements_Application

• Basin Roundtable: Arkansas
• Applicant: City of Las Animas
• Description: City of Las Animas Sanitary Sewer System Improvements
• Account Source: Statewide
• Board Meeting Date: 3/19/2008
• WSRA - Doc Type: Grant Application

Water Supply Reserve Account - Grant Application Form
Fonn Revised May 2007

Part A. - Description of the Applicant (Project Sponsor or Owner);

I City of Las Animas

1.

Applicant Name(s):

Mailing address:

Box 468
Las Animas, Colorado 81054

Taxpayer ID#: I 84-6000605

Phone Numbers: Business:
Home:
Fax:

I Email
[phone]

lacitycle [e-mail]

N/A

[phone]

2. Person to contact regarding this application if different from above:

Name:

Mr. Kenneth Wagner, Director of Public Works

Position/Title

I Director of Public Works

3. Provide a brief description of your organization below: see "Description of Applicant" in Part 2 of Criteria and
Guidance for required information.

The City of Las Animas' governmental authority is that of a statutory city. The city was incorporated in 1886. The city
provides general municipal services authorized under its statutory city enabling legislation. Those services include street
maintenance, park and recreation, potable water, sanitary sewer service, mosquito control, storm water management,
electric power, police protection and library services. The population of the city as of 2004 was 2,672 with its water and
sewer service area population standing at 2,770. Based on a Preliminary Engineering Report dated March 2007, the
population is projected to increase at a rate of 0.5% per year resulting in a year 2030 population within the city of 3,043 and
the water and sanitary sewer service area of 3,155.

As of September 2006, the city has a total of 1,188 water taps and 1,139 sewer service connections. Based on these
users, the city's existing average day potable water use is 429,682 gallons per day (gpd) with a maximum day demand of
935,000 gpd. To meet this water demand, the city uses wells scattered around the city. Based on the fact the neighboring
correctional facility is in the middle of an expansion coupled with the projected population increase, the city's corresponding
water demands will increase. Increases are expected to jump to 546,700 gpd for an average day demand while the
maximum day demand is anticipated to increase to 1,157,200 gpd by year 2030. This increase results in a water shortage
gap for the city in both of its raw and treated water systems.

Currently, the city derives its water supply from ground water sources which consist of 11 wells. Out of the 11 wells, the city
currently only uses seven of the wells for the city's potable water supply. These wells are classified as non-exempt, tributary
wells that require augmentation. Raw water is pump to the city's water treatment plant (WTP). Reverse osmosis treatment
is provided at the WTP and treated water flows into a large ground level storage tank. The potable water is then boosted
into the distribution system and an adjacent elevated water storage tank. The distribution system provides a network of
piping throughout the city's service area. The elevated water storage tank provides gravity storage and maintains relatively
constant pressures within the distribution system.

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