Montrose 2003 WC Plan

• Project Type: Water Conservation Plan
• Project Name: City of Montrose Water Conservation Plan
• Title: Water Conservation Plan
• Date: 4/11/2003
• County: Montrose
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Complete Plan

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Section I. Background

The City of Montrose provides wate.r and sewerage services to residential, commercial and
industrial users within the City boundaries. Approximately 4,200 taps currently exist. Annual
water distribution for the past four years is as follows:

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[994
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[996
1997

Total distribution (acre feet)
3,403-
2,939
2,933
2,791

. The high water consumption is 1994 is attributable to unusually dry conditions.

Raw water is provided through purchased water from the Dallas Creek Project -- a storage
project located in the Uncompahgre River VaHey. This project, as implemented through U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation, includes the Ridgway Reservoir, which stores approximately 80,000 acre
feet of water for mtulicipal, industrial and agricultural uses. The City has purchased 2,200 acre
feet of DaIlas Creek water. and is contractually obligated to purchase 7,800 acre feet additionally
in 1999, for a total of JO,OOO acre feet. This constitutes most of the City's raw water supply,
although the City does own some surface water rights through the Cimarron Canal & Reservoir
Company, accotulting for approximately 1500 acre feet ofwaler per year.

The addition of 7,800 acre feet to the City's raw water supply in 1999 will Occur regardless of
the City's supply needs. As the distribution volumes referenced above indicate, the City is
comfortably meeting its demand with current supply. The added 7,800 acre feet in two years will
likely represent surplus water.

The City's raw water is diverted to the Project 7 Water Treatment Facility, located just east of the
City of Montrose. The Project 7 Facility serves the Tei-County Water Conservancy District, the
Town of Olathe, the City of Delta, the Menoken Water District and the Chipeta Water Company
with treated Dallas Creek water as well.

lrrespective of the City's surplus raw water supply, the City is indeed committed to the
conservation of water. The City recognizes the overall scarcity of water resources in these arid
regions, and it recognizes that the abundance of supply that now exists shall someday be
depIcted, through the continued groVith within our Valley. Through the use of planned
conservation measures and common sense, now and in the future, the City can realize significant
savings in its water consumption, and minimize the long term depletion of ou: water reserves.

Section 2. 'Vater Conservation Measures

2.1 Water-efficient fixtures
The City of Montrose has adopted the Uniform Plumbing Code. The Plumbing Code has
specified maximum discharge flow rates for plumbing fixtures and appliances that promote water
conservation. Chapter 2 of the Plumbing Code provides minimum standards for these fixtures.