Projected Planning Study Waterworks Facilities: City of Loveland, Colorado

• Description: City of Loveland
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 5/25/1961
• Author: City of Loveland, William D. Patterson
• Title: Projected Planning Study Waterworks Facilities: City of Loveland, Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

TABLE NO. 1
PAST POPULATION PROGRESSION
FUTURE POPULATION
In the design.of municipal utilities it is necessary to design for a
future population anticipated at some future date, Normally this date is 15
to 25 years hence and the population is estimated for that date. While there
are many reasons for this future design period, the basic reason is one of
economic feasibility. If the construction of improvements is for the antici-
pated population increase of only a few years, excessive costs will be encoun
tered due to early modification or unnecessary parallel construction. Con-
versely, if too ambitious a program is undertaken, surplus facilities sit idle
while the interest charges on their construction costs create an undue
financial hardship on the city.
In the eastern sections of our country it is relatively simple to study
the past growth records of a community and to reasonably predict the future
growth trends,
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Annual Increase During
Year
Population
0 -Year Period
1890
698
1900
1,091
5.6%
1910
3,651
23.4%
1920
5,065
3.9%
1930
5,506
0.976
1940
6,145
1.1%
1950
6
1.0%
1960
9,734
4.4%
FUTURE POPULATION
In the design.of municipal utilities it is necessary to design for a
future population anticipated at some future date, Normally this date is 15
to 25 years hence and the population is estimated for that date. While there
are many reasons for this future design period, the basic reason is one of
economic feasibility. If the construction of improvements is for the antici-
pated population increase of only a few years, excessive costs will be encoun
tered due to early modification or unnecessary parallel construction. Con-
versely, if too ambitious a program is undertaken, surplus facilities sit idle
while the interest charges on their construction costs create an undue
financial hardship on the city.
In the eastern sections of our country it is relatively simple to study
the past growth records of a community and to reasonably predict the future
growth trends,
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