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Water Supply Reserve Account -Grant Application Form Form Revised May 2007 Part A. -Description of the Applicant (Project Sponsor or Owner); 1. Applicant Name(s): Town of Walden P.O. Box 489 Mailing address: 513 Harrison Street Walden, CO 80480 Taxpayer ID#: 84-6000724 Phone Numbers: Business: Home: Fax: Email address: [970-723-4344 970-723-4773 970-723-4671 waldentownclerk@yahoo. ruin 2. Person to contact regarding this application if different from above: Name: Dirk Ramsey 1 PositionlTitle Mayor 3. Provide a brief description of your organization below: see "Description of Applicant" in Part 2 of Criteria and Guidance for required information. The Town of Walden is located in the North Platte River Basin and is the major city in the basin and is also the County Seat for Jackson County. The Town has a summer population of 1100 and serves water to 446 metered taps and 9 unmetered taps. The average daily water demand in 2005 was 160,000 gallons. The Town's peak water demand was 550,000 gallons per day in 2005 and is projected to be 660,000 gallons per day in 2025. The Town diverts water from the Michigan River under the Hi Ho Ditch water right that was changed from agricultural to municipal use and from two shallow wells decreed for municipal use. The water is treated before distribution in a recently improved water treatment plant north of Town adjacent to the Michigan River. The Town is requesting funds to improve its ability to physically divert its senior Hi Ho Ditch water right from a new collection gallery (infiltration system) adjacent to the river, rehabilitate its existing diversion dam and diversion system, obtain a water court decree giving the two wells the right to pump as alternate points of diversion to the senior Hi Ho Ditch, and to change the use of its Walden Reservoir shares to municipal and augmentation uses, include this water in a plan for augmentation. 2