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<br />-1 <br />\ <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Chapter 3 <br />Where is Fort Lupton Now? <br /> <br />A. Inventory <br />The following sections briefly summarize the capacity of Fort Lupton's water and <br />wastewater system, both of which are impacted by water use. <br /> <br />1. Water Sources, Supply, and Storage <br />The City owns groundwater rights, as well as surface water rights to the Fulton <br />Ditch and Colorado-Big Thompson (CBT) water. The following sections summarize <br />Fort Lupton's water resources. <br />a. Groundwater. The City owns groundwater rights for both municipal and <br />irrigation purposes. The current municipal water supply for the City is obtained from <br />five shallow alluvial groundwater wells. The capacities of these wells range from <br />750 gallons per minute (gpm) to 1,300 gpm. The City has two other groundwater <br />wells that have been shut down due to chemical contamination. For more detailed <br />information on the wells, the reader is referred to the September 1993 City of <br />Fort Lupton Preliminary Engineering Report - Water Supply and Treatment Project, <br />which was developed as a part of the City's Federal financing requirements. Because <br />I the wells in the alluvium of the South Platte River take away from the surface flows <br />in the river, the City is a member of the Groundwater Appropriators of the South <br />I Platte (GASP). For an annual fee, GASP augments flows in the South Platte River <br />to make up for surface waters depleted by the wells. GASP has acquired surface <br />water rights, which yield water during times of abundant flow and which can be <br />I released back into the stream system. The City owns 37 GASP units, each equal to <br />.. - - - - - - - - too acre-4"eet-ofwaterperyear, which equale~ lu appI uximatelyi-=2 billion gatt<Jns- of - - <br />I water per year. At the end of 1996, the City intends to replace its groundwater <br />supply with a surface water supply for most municipal purposes. The City will <br />. ) continue to rely on its groundwater supply for providing low quality water to <br />industrial users, for public park irrigation, and for blending with the City's surface <br />water source during high demand periods. <br />. j b. Surface Water. The City owns shares of Fulton Ditch water and CBT <br />water. The City owns 164 shares of surface water rights in the Fulton Ditch Irrigating <br />Company. Each share is equal to approximately 3 acre-feet of diversion, so the City <br /> <br />{25325.100; osn4!961 <br /> <br />5 <br />