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Park Center Water District <br />P.O. Box 1406 <br />Canon City, CO 81215 <br />(719) 275-2055 <br />Fax (719) 275-0268 <br />Email deb~arkcentr ~msn. com <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Water Supply Planning and Finance Section <br />1580 Logan St. Suite 750 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Attn. Anna Maass, P.E. <br />Re: Transmittal Letter for Loan Application Package <br />Redrilling the Park Center Well <br />Dear Board Members; <br />Following is a Loan Application Package for the Park Center Water District to <br />redrill the Park Center Well. As you are aware, usable water is a valuable commodity in <br />our State. Park Center has been reliant on the Park Center Well as a domestic raw water <br />source since 1968. The existing well was originally drilled as an oil exploration well in <br />the 1920's and was abandoned after striking a large artesian water aquifer over 2500 feet <br />deep. At that time the Bureau of Land Management purchased the well casing and began <br />selling water to area users in 1937. This well will produce 1 million gallons per day or <br />1100 acre fee of water per year. The well is still owned by BLM and Park Center has <br />maintained a lease for all of these forty years, and has first right of renewal when the <br />current lease expires. <br />The old well developed a leak that rose to the surface in the spring of 2008. It has <br />been determined that the old well would be difficult to repair and that an expensive <br />renovation would probably be a temporary resolution due to the age of the well casing. <br />Our plan is to drill a new well, in close proximity to the old Park Center well. Original <br />drilling records, included in this package, will show that the aquifer extends far beyond <br />where the new drilling will occur, so that we are most assured of a successful drilling. <br />Not having the use of this water source would have a devastating affect on the <br />4000 users in the Park Center Water District. We consider this a single source issue <br />because geographically we are limited in availability of other source waters, particularly <br />in the winter months when surface water is unavailable to us. It would also be <br />unfortunate, as the demands on limited water resources in the West are increasing, to <br />abandon this valuable water resource. <br />If you have any questions regarding this application, or require additional <br />information, please do not hesitate to contact me. <br />Sin ly, _`~~; , <br />Deb ie~ ci£no~~'G~G''~, ~ <br />District 1Vlanager <br />