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<br />North Weld County Water District <br />Water Conservation Plan <br />June 1998 <br /> <br />1.0 History of North Weld County Water District <br /> <br />North Weld County WatI:;c District (NWCWD or the District) is a political subdivision of the <br />State ofColomdo. It is governed and operated in accordance with the Colorado Special District Act. <br />Special Districts are locally funded units of government founded to provide necesSlll.)' and desired <br />service within a designated area. The District is governed by a directly elected five-member Board. <br />Board members serve staggered four year tenns and oversee the District's operations, As a quasi- <br />govet""""'fAl agtmey,NWCWD does notoperateforprofit. It generates only enough revenue to cover <br />the cost of it's operation and is not under the jurisdiction of the public utility commission. <br /> <br />The District was created by court decree on November 28th, 1962 after voters in Larimer and <br />Weld counties appoved formation of the District NWCWD has grown to serve potable water in an <br />area generally from 1-25 east to Bamsville (f6N-R63W, Section 18) and between Greeley on the <br />south to Nunn on the north. This service area covers approximately 300 square miles with services <br />in all or a portion of 20 townships, The District serves the following towns tbru master meters; <br />Windsor, Eaton, Ault, Pierce Nunn and Northern Colorado Water Association of Wellington. The <br />residences in the towns of Gill, Oaleton ahd Severance are individually metered, <br /> <br />Before NWCWD was established, rural residents obtained water from shallow wells or <br />cistcms. The wells didn't always produce quality water and some would run dry at times. Since the <br />creation ofNWCWD in 1962, more water is going to urban customers with the following towns <br />reques1ing water service; Ault in April 1963, Eaton in December 1982, Windsor in August of 1989, <br />Pierce in September 1989 and Nunn in August of 1996, Also requesting service was Northern <br />Colorado Water Association (NCW A) in July of 1991, Cummt.ly 31% of the annual water used by <br />NWCWD goes tbru master meters to satisfY the needs of wholesale customers. <br />2.0 Status ofNWCWD <br /> <br />Page 1 <br />