Arkansas - Las Animas Water System Improvements_App 2

• 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

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 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 service
area of3,155.

As of September 2006, the city has a total of 1,188 water customer taps, which breaks down to 1,046
residential taps and 142 commercial taps. Based on these users, the city's existing average day water
demand is 429,682 gallons per day (gpd) with a maximum day demand of 935,000 gpd. 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.

In order to meet this increase in demand, the city has both in place and is making provisions for upgrades
to a wide range of facilities. 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, which require augmentation.

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