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<br />,',"'- <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />SECTION 1. BACKGROUND <br /> <br />The Cherokee Water District was formed in 1957 to supply water service to <br />an area known as Cimarron Hills using water to be supplied from what is now the <br />Upper Black Squirrel Designated Ground Water Basin, Service began in 1963. <br /> <br />In the mid sixties, the Cimarron Sanitation District began operations to <br />treat wastewater from Cimarron Hills. A third District formed in 1978, provided <br />street lighting for this unincorporated area of EI Paso County, <br /> <br />In 1981, by a vote of the electorate, the water and sanitation districts were <br />merged into one district - the Cherokee Water and Sanitation District. The EI <br />Paso County commissioners in 1992 transferred all their park lands to Cherokee. <br />An election was held in May of that year to dissolve the street lighting district and <br />born Cherokee into a metropolitan district, <br /> <br />The District's final expansion came in March of 1995 with the purchase of a <br />golf course located in the District from the Resolution Trust Corporation. <br /> <br />The District currently encompasses approximately 6,700 acres and serves <br />some 15,300 customers. <br /> <br />A major water user, outside the boundaries of the District, is Falcon Air <br />Force Base. Falcon is located approximately nine miles east of the District <br />alongside the transmission line bringing water from the _Bla~k_ ~quirrel Basin, <br /> <br />Over the past several years the District's water sales have averaged almost <br />2,680 acre feet, <br /> <br />SECTION 2. INVENTORY <br /> <br />2.1 Water Supply/Storage <br /> <br />Raw water is obtained from the Upper Black Squirrel Designated Ground <br />Water Basin. The water is collected from a thirteen well system in the basin and <br />is pumped over 20 miles into the District. <br />