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WSRA Grant and Loan Information
Basin Roundtable
Arkansas
Applicant
City of Las Animas
Description
City of Las Animas Water System Improvements
Account Source
Basin & Statewide
Board Meeting Date
3/19/2008
Contract/PO #
150424
WSRA - Doc Type
Grant Application
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<br />Water Supply Reserve Account - Grant Application Form <br />Fonn Revised May 2007 <br /> <br />reduced. <br /> <br />As a result of undertaking the current proposed water project in addition to a significant concurrent sanitary <br />sewer collection project, the city is demonstrating that it has the expertise to undertake a project of this <br />magnitude. To further aid in the process, the city will be contracting with GMS, Inc. to perform all <br />engineering, administration and construction oversight. This will ensure that the project will meet its goals, be <br />properly designed and constructed and that the administration of the project runs smoothly. <br /> <br />The city has the ability to provide some in-kind contributions and is planning to provide some of those <br />services. Those services include restoring the various roadway surfaces to their original or better condition. <br />This will have a sizable impact on extending the amount of available funds within the project. Any in-kind <br />work outside of this will be limited due to the other duties and requirements of city staff, although there is a <br />willingness to undertake more of the construction aspects of the project if possible. <br /> <br />MeetinQ Water ManaQement Goals. Obiectives. and Identified Water Needs <br />Pursuant upon the Roundtable's criteria, the city's project will meet the objectives by eliminating an identified <br />water gap for both raw and treated water. Furthermore, the project meets goals established within the SWSI <br />report by reducing the water gap for the City of Las Animas and the Arkansas Basin. The proposed project <br />will have impacts on the city's potable water consumption. First, by the expansion of the CCA Correctional <br />Facility, water consumption will increase by the expanded demand, hence the new water gap. This demand <br />is easily met by the city's existing water rights; however, the city will have to re-drill an abandoned well and <br />provide additional treatment units within its WTP, all of which meet the stated objectives and criteria <br />established by the Roundtable. The other impact will be positive. They will come about through the <br />elimination of old deteriorating piping within the water distribution system. This will tighten up the distribution <br />system and eliminate leakage within it thereby reducing water demand. This will reduce costs, the amount of <br />treated water produced and the amount of water pump from the wells. Furthermore, this project will result in <br />the city using its water rights much more efficiently and effectively. <br /> <br />The affects of the project will literally breathe new life into the city's water system and the economy. If the <br />improvements are not undertaken, the city will not be able to meet future water demands, will fail to have the <br />ability to effectively operate and maintain their water system, and will eventually have a proliferation of leaks, <br />and operation and maintenance costs will grow exponentially. This being said, the city will eventually have to <br />undergo the project regardless of the associated capital costs. Now is the time to replace as much of <br />distribution system as possible to reduce the overall costs and realize economy of scale within the project. <br />Furthermore, now is the time to reconfigure the raw water collection system to maximize the city's current <br />water rights. Again, economy of scale will be realized by undertaking the larger project resulting in the <br />elimination of duplicated and increased costs when undertaking two or more smaller projects. <br /> <br />As previously stated, should the requested amount of $300,000 not be approved for the City of Las Animas' <br />water project, a sizeable portion of the water distribution system work will not be undertaken. This will result <br />in additional operation and maintenance costs for the city in the years to come. Furthermore, the city will also <br />have to produce additional water as a result of the increase in leaks as the distribution system continues to <br />deteriorate with time. This is an ineffective way to operate a distribution system. Therefore, the city is <br />aggressively trying to be proactive in addressing the problems prior to the problems becoming a crisis. <br /> <br />The project will not only provide the capacity to meet future demands and eliminate the water gap, but will <br />provide additional capacity within the collection and treatment sides of the water system thereby expanding <br />the available amount of potable water through more effectively using the city's current water rights. This <br />provides the city an opportunity to provide water to other industries. A few years ago, the city was asked if <br />they had water available to provide service to a large scale hog farm. The city did not have the facilities in <br />place at the time, which resulted in the hog farm locating to another area. Should this type of request be <br />made in the future, the city would have the available water and facilities in place as a result of this project, and <br />could therefore expand and diversify its economy that much more. Thus this project not only brings <br />immediate economic benefit, but also provides the city great opportunity to continue to expand the local and <br /> <br />F:\WPDATA\Las Animas\Water\05 WSlmp\Financial\Roundtable\06-07 Application (may 07).doc <br /> <br />8 <br />
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