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<br />TOWN OF NEW CASTLE <br />RAW WATER DELIVERY PROJECT <br /> <br />No Photo Available <br /> <br />Proiect Data <br /> <br /> <br />Proiect Description <br /> <br />The Town's sole source of water supply is a diversion structure on East Elk Creek, about <br />3 miles north of Town. The Town's water supply was vulnerable to downstream senior water <br />calls, as well as potential water quality problems due to sediment and ash runoff from forest fire <br />hazard, as was experienced in 2002. This project involved the construction of a small diversion <br />structure on the Colorado River, with gravity flow to a pump station on the south side ofI-70. <br />From there water would be pumped to a sedimentation pond on the north side ofI-70, and a <br />second pump station would be used to lift the water to the treatment plant, an elevation increase <br />of about 250 vertical feet. A 12" PVC waterline, 8750 feet in length, was then constructed from <br />the pump station to the treatment plant. The general pipeline alignment would be initially along <br />Elk Creek, then following the Town street right-of-way for Midland Avenue, and then along <br />County Road 245 to the water treatment plant. The system is designed to pump 1800 gallons per <br />minute, and each pump station has two pumps plus one back-up pump. The project provides the <br />Town with a reliable alternate water source during times when diversion from East Elk Creek is <br />prohibited by either water rights administration or poor water quality. <br /> <br />Sponsor: Town of New Castle <br /> <br />County: Garfield Water Source: Colorado River <br /> <br />Terms of Loan: $707,000@4.5%for30-yrs. Substantial Completion Date: August 1,2005 <br /> <br />Design Engineer: Schmueser Gordon Meyer, Inc. - Glenwood Springs, Colorado <br /> <br />Construction Contractor: Aspen Earthmover, Inc. - Carbondale, Colorado <br /> <br />Annual Diversion: 400 acre-feet <br />