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<br />Grant Application to the Colorado Water Conservation Board for <br />Development of a Water Conservation Plan <br /> <br />Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District <br /> <br />Introduction and Applicant Eligibility <br /> <br />The Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District (P A WSD or the District), successor to the <br />Pagosa Water and Sanitation District formed in 1971/ was reorganized in 1977 to provide <br />water and wastewater service to the Pagosa Springs, Colorado area, located in Archuleta <br />County in the southwestern portion of the state. Through an inclusion election held in <br />1992/ the Town of Pagosa Springs and areas served by the former Archuleta Water <br />Company were successfully included into the District' s boundaries for water service <br />only, which nearly doubled the District' s boundaries at that time. For reference <br />purposes, the P A WSD service area is characterized as District One, which generally is <br />the area west of Pagosa Springs, and District Two, generally the areas north, south, and <br />east and including the Town of Pagosa Springs. A map of the P A WSD service area is <br />provided in Attachment A. <br /> <br />Twenty-five, highly qualified full-time P A WSD personnel manage and operate <br />approximately 290 miles of water lines and 80 miles of sewer lines. The P A WSD service <br />area encompasses approximately 70 square miles. P A WSD currently has 2/940 acre-feet <br />of existing usable raw water storage, with an additional 1/047 acre-feet upon the <br />completion of the enlargement of Stevens Reservoir. <br /> <br />Currently, P A WSD serves about 7/000 single-family equivalent (SFE) units which <br />represent an estimated population of about 10/600. It should be noted, however, that <br />this population estimate includes a very significant transient population of water and <br />wastewater customers that utilize P A WSD services as they visit the area as tourists <br />and/ or property owners who reside in the community only on a part-time basis. To <br />these customers, P A WSD provides both treated and raw water. The District also <br />provides wastewater collection and treatment to the customer base in the western <br />portion of the District boundaries (District 1). Additional detail of the water and <br />wastewater systems is provided in Section 5 (d). <br /> <br />P A WSD total annual water use in 2007 was 2/221 acre-feet; therefore, P A WSD is a <br />"covered entity" as defined in CRS 37-60-126. The information necessary to document <br />that P A WSD is a covered entity is provided as follows: 1) a copy of P A WSD by-laws <br />(Attachment B); 2) a P A WSD organizational chart (Attachment C); and 3) Tables 1 and 2 <br />detailing the District' s annual retail water demand for the past six years. <br /> <br />Water Conservation Grant Request Summary <br /> <br />For many utilities, including the District, water conservation is an important component <br />of overall water supply planning. Actions to reduce water demand, decrease system <br />losses, and increased operating efficiencies will benefit the District and its customers, <br />through the following: <br /> <br />1 <br />