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<br />in 2004/ P A WSD has been committed to actions that reduce water demands, reduce <br />system losses, and increase water use efficiencies for its residential, commercial and <br />irrigation customers. <br /> <br />The District understands that the water conservation planning effort to be funded by <br />this grant would enable it to better understand its water usage and demands, improve <br />characterization of future water uses, and enhance the ongoing water conservation <br />activities that have been and continue to be implemented by P A WSD through the <br />deliberate evaluation and selection measures and programs based on cost/ water saved <br />and the ability of the District to measure and verify results. <br /> <br />P A WSD believes that it can significantly improve its tracking and reduction of <br />unaccounted for water based on the implementation of an appropriately developed <br />water conservation plan. The District also believes that it can reduce individual <br />customer water use through improved education and public relations programs, by <br />providing appropriate incentives, and perhaps through an improved planning and <br />review process. The District will aim to reduce its unaccounted water by about 10% by <br />2020/ and reduce its per capita treated water use by about 10% over this same period. <br />This estimate of water conservation savings is only preliminary and will be developed in <br />detail in the Water Conservation Plan. <br /> <br />(d) Adequacy, Stability and Reliability ofPAWSD Water Supply <br /> <br />Water Supplies: <br />The San Juan River Pipeline and Four Mile Creek, through the Dutton Ditch Pipeline, <br />are the primary raw water sources for part of the District (i.e., District One). The District <br />was issued a Special Use Permit from the U.S. Forest Service to construct a pipeline and <br />eliminate the open ditch in 2005/ which provided a stable method of water delivery <br />during times of the District' s priority water right. The other part of the District (i.e., <br />District Two) derives its water from the West Fork of the San Juan River. When <br />necessary, water can be transferred from one service area to the other. <br /> <br />Reservoirs: <br />To assure reliable water supplies, water is stored in reservoirs. P A WSD maintains and <br />operates five reservoirs or lakes: Hatcher (798 acre feet usable capacity), Stevens (635 <br />acre feet usable capacity), Pagosa (1/239 acre feet usable capacity), and Forest (268 acre <br />feet usable capacity). Usable capacity for the fifth reservoir, Village, is not reflected <br />primarily due to water quality issues, although in extreme conditions, this source could <br />be utilized. In addition the surrounding golf courses, condominiums, time-shares, and a <br />hotel utilize Village Lake for raw water irrigation. Hatcher Reservoir receives its primary <br />source of water from Four Mile Creek through the Dutton Ditch Extension and through <br />the Perkins Ditch. The Dutton Ditch diversion is capable of diverting water to Hatcher <br />Reservoir, Stevens Reservoir, or both. <br /> <br />When Hatcher Reservoir is full, water is diverted to Stevens Reservoir from the Dutton <br />Ditch Pipeline. When Stevens Reservoir is full it spills to Pagosa Lake through the Linn <br />and Clark Ditch. When Pagosa Lake is full it spills into Village Lake. From there it spills <br /> <br />10 <br />