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<br />Introduction <br /> <br />The City of Fountain supplies over 2,000 acre-feet of water per year to both <br />residential and commercial entities. An acre-foot of storage is equal to one foot of <br />water over one acre of surface area. Approximately one acre-foot of water will <br />meet the needs of two single-family residences for one year. Fountain serves <br />approximately 3,900 customers at this time, and this number is expected to grow <br />in the future, Fountain obtains its water supply from the Frying Pan-Arkansas <br />Project and from four wells located in the alluvial aquifer of Jimmy Camp Creek and <br />Fountain Creek. The Fry-Ark Project water is pumped from Pueblo Reservoir under <br />the auspices of the Fountain Valley Authority. Fountain has contracted for delivery <br />of up to 2,000 acre-feet per year of Fry-Ark Project water, minus evaporation and <br />delivery losses of approximately five percent. This water is used directly in <br />Fountain's water system for municipal purposes as a base-load supply. Water is <br />delivered throughout the year, but at a somewhat higher delivery rate during <br />summer than in winter. In 2000, Fry-Ark Project water delivered at a peak daily <br />rate of approximately 2.5 million gallons per day. The four wells have a total <br />combined capacity of about 3.8 million gallons per day. A map of the Fountain <br />Water Utility Service Area is located at the end of the report. <br /> <br />Fountain maintains several water storage facilities. Keeton Reservoir <br />historically provided the City with 35 acre-feet of storage, but storage is presently <br />limited to three to five acre-feet because of dam safety considerations. The City <br />has 7,800 acre-feet of storage available in Pueblo Reservoir pursuant to Fountain's <br />Allocation in the Fountain Valley Authority. Water system storage tanks total 26.1 <br />acre-feet (8.5 million gallons). Through the City's ownership of Fountain Mutual <br />Ditch shares, it has approximately 300 acre-feet of storage available at Big Johnson <br />Reservoir. <br /> <br />Wastewater from Fountain's municipal water system is collected and treated <br />by the Fountain Sanitation District. Treated wastewater is subsequently released <br />into Fountain Creek. A new wastewater treatment facility with a capacity of 1.5 <br />million gallons per day (2.56 MGD peak) was placed in operation as of August <br />