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<br />Section 1. <br /> <br />HISTORY AND BACKGROUND <br /> <br />The City of Lamar Water Department was established in 1888 and includes water rights and <br />works for collection, purification, transmission, storage, and distribution of water. The first <br />water meters were installed in Lamar in August 1901. The Water Department is a self- <br />supporting Water Activity Enterprise governed by and through the City Council and the City of <br />Lamar. <br /> <br />The system has 4400 metered water connections. The estimated population served by the water <br />system is 9500. <br /> <br />The State of Colorado passed House Bill 91-1154 in 1991, and has been entitled "WATER <br />CONSERVATION ACT OF 1991" and has an effective date of July 1, 1991. The requirements <br />of this act are that all entities that supply 2,000 acre-feet of water annually for <br />domestic/commercial use must, within five years of the effective date, develop, adopt, make <br />publicly available, and implement a water conservation plan. <br /> <br />The "WATER CONSERVATION ACT OF 1991" requires that a water conservation plan: <br />1) consider nine conservation measures <br />2) be published in draft fonn <br />3) be made publicly available for comment after public notice is given <br /> <br />Comments must be solicited from the public for a minimum of 60 days and reference must also <br />be made to elements that are already being implemented. <br /> <br />The water conservation plan must then be adopted and made publicly available. We must then <br />begin to implement the plan. Future changes can be adopted at anytime. However, if the <br />changes are major, we must give public notice, make changes available in draft fonn, and <br />provide the public opportunity to comment on changes before they can be adopted. <br /> <br />Section 2. <br /> <br />INVENTORY <br /> <br />2.1 Water Supply Sources/Storage <br /> <br />The City of Lamar's water supply source is comprised of 100% ground water. This water is <br />derived from the Clay Creek Aquifer. <br /> <br />The City of Lamar is also part of the Fryingpan-Arkansas trans-mountain diversion water <br />project The project extends from Buena Vista to Lamar, Colorado, and is administered by the <br />Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District (SCWCD). This water is purchased to <br />recharge the ground water. Current plans are to continue to purchase 2000 acre-feet per year, <br />which is funded by the Water Department <br /> <br />2.2 Water Treatment/Storage Capacity <br /> <br />The present Water Treatment Plant is capable of treating a maximum capacity of 8 million <br />gallons per day. <br />