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Key water users in the City are the large industrial users – Cargill Meat Solutions, Western <br />Sugar and Dairy Farmers of America. Another large industrial user, Leprino Foods, recently <br />became a water user in November,2006. <br />Water sales are not tracked by customer type as all sales are charged the same per 1,000 <br />gallons used, with the exception of the largest industrial user, Cargill Meat Solutions. Service <br />connections by type for the 2006 year are listed as follows: <br />Table 1a – Existing Customer Connections <br />Customer Group Service Connections <br />Residential single family3308 <br />Residential multi-family 196 <br />Hotels/Motels18 <br />Commercial – Restaurants 33 <br />Commercial – Offices 144 <br />Commercial – Retail 134 <br />Commercial – Other 122 <br />Government – Schools, City, County 63 <br />Industrial – Cargill3 <br />Industrial – Western Sugar 3 <br />Industrial – Leprino4 <br />Industrial – Dairy Farmers of America 2 <br />Total Connections 4030 <br />1.1.aTreatment and Distribution Facilities <br />Raw C-BT water is received via the Southern Water Supply Pipeline built by the Northern <br />Colorado Water Conservancy District. The raw water is piped from Carter Lake to the City of <br />Fort Morgan. The raw C-BT water is treated at the City of Fort Morgan’s Water Treatment Plant <br />located near Wiggins,Colorado.The plant currently treats an average of 3,550,000 million <br />gallons per day (MGD) with a peak pipelinecapacity of 6,654,000 MGD and a peak plant <br />capacity of 10,000,000MGD. There are two 3.5 MG storage tanks near the Water Treatment <br />site. The treated water is piped 12 miles via gravity flow through a 30 inch transmission line to <br />the City with a pressure reducing valve station located on the main coming into the City. There <br />City of Fort Morgan Water Conservation PlanPage 2 <br />