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WATER CONSERVATION PLAN 2008 2.2 Water Delivery The City of Longmont is located in Boulder County approximately thirty miles north of the Denver metro area. St. Vrain Creek flows through the City and is a tributary to the South Platte River basin. As of 2005 the City area encompassed 25.65 square miles, or 16,417 acres, which has increased from 10.5 square miles in 1980 (Longmont Community Profile 2005). Growth has been primarily due to residential homes, but industrial development has also increased providing a good balance between housing and jobs. A summary of the total population and active and metered water accounts is summarized in Table 1 for 1998 to 2007. TABLE 1 Population and Water Account Summar City Population Year Population City Population Percent Increase Total b Served from previous year) Connections 1998 637581 627785 4.6% 187972 1999 667107 657308 4.0% 197693 2000 74,202a 737334 12.3 %a 207823 2001 767959 767098 3.8% 217740 2002 787553 777328 1.6% 227583 2003 807638 797321 2.6% 237212 2004 817980 817169 2.3% 237724 2005 83,564c 827798 2.0% 247216 2006 85,396c 847636 2.2% 247387 2007 86,522c 857762 1.3% - a Increase of 12.3 percent due to 2000 Census adjustment. b Does not include City connections. Does not include population for Town of Lyons, which was connected to the system in 2005 d Population from Water Utility 5 Year Statistical Summary Reports. The City has been experiencing consistent growth over the last several years. Since 2000 the average rate of population growth has been 2.4 percent per year. Table 2 summarizes the City's current year water supply and demand information. In order to keep up with population growth the City has expanded the raw water supply, treatment and distribution systems. As of 2005 the raw water supply system consisted of 31,848 acre feet of raw water storage capacity, with 68,679 acre feet of total available raw water supply, and 18.5 miles of raw water pipelines. 6