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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />1.2 Service Area Description <br /> <br />The boundary of the District approved by the District Court in 1984 was originally the <br />potential water augmentation service area. This boundary included portions of Rio <br />Grande, Alamosa, and Saguache Counties. <br /> <br />The actual augmentation service area is limited to that area geographically where <br />depletions to senior water rights from augmented wells and ponds can be replaced by the <br />District augmentation plans. Further, the District has accepted land inclusions through <br />Court approved petitions outside of its original boundary in areas that its augmentation <br />plans can replace depletions. These land inclusions have been primarily within Mineral <br />County near the Rio Grande. <br /> <br />The currently defined augmentation service area and the District's original boundary are <br />shown on a map included as Figure 1-1. <br /> <br />The greatest concentration of population in the San Luis Valley is in and near the City of <br />Alamo sa. The largest numbers of wells augmented by the District are within the new <br />subdivisions near the Rio Grande up stream ofthe Town of Del Norte. With the <br />exception of the Town of Center, town and cities have not purchased augmentation water <br />from the District because their larger water right requirements can normally be met more <br />economically if they acquire water rights independently. <br /> <br />Residential and commercial water users located generally west of Del Norte are often <br />within or serve the summer and retirement communities. Users within the easterly <br />portion of the District are economically related to the commercial centers of Alamo sa and <br />Monte Vista or the agricultural community. Table 1-1 presents per capita income and <br />population trends of counties included in the District service area. <br /> <br />Table 1-1 <br />Demographics of Service Area <br /> <br /> 2000 Per Capita 2007 2000 1990 <br />County Income Population Population population <br />Alamo sa $15,037 15,313 14,966 13,617 <br />Mineral $24,475 962 831 558 <br />Rio Grande $15,650 11,627 12,413 10,770 <br />Saguache $13,121 6,920 5,917 4,619 <br /> <br />2.0 WATERAUGMENTATIONPLAN <br /> <br />2.1 General Description <br /> <br />The District's Augmentation Program was developed to replace stream and river <br />depletions resulting from withdrawal of groundwater through out-of-priority wells <br /> <br />E01662 <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />tt} SINCE 1)),\W1;;: <br />..4iI><. ~ 1948 """I'''''J'^''''''''.'I'~'H <br />~~:..~ "~""'j.",,",,,'~,,,,,, <br />/.~) /~ ~~___ 'b)~~"l'~:j:6~.. 1:R1-t. <br />