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<br />! <br />l <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />BOARD OF UTILITY COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />WA TER CONSER VA TlON PLAN <br /> <br />ADOPTED AUGUST 13, 1996 <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />The City of La Junta Water and Wastewater Departments provide service to <br />approximately 2,800 customers within the City limits of La Junta. Approximately 100 <br />additional customers are provided water service in areas immediately adjacent to the <br />city limits. Some modest amount of growth is occurring around La Junta, but population <br />growth rate projections by the Water Department do not exceed 1 % per year over the <br />next 15 years. This equates to 12% increase in water demand or 123 million gallons per <br />year based on current consumption practices and assuming no unusual industrial <br />demand increases. <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />La Junta's current water capacity is a firm 10 million gallons per day (MGD) with a peak <br />of 13 MGD. Wastewater treatment plant capacity is 2.5 MGD, although some solids <br />handling capacities may need expansion in the near future to assure this capacity. <br />Adequate water delivery and wastewater treatment capacity are available for the <br />projected growth through the year 2010 without additional water conservation. The City <br />has adequate water rights through its relatively senior (circa 1902) well rights and its <br />allocation of Fryingpan-Arkansas Project waters. While the City would like to use its <br />water more efficiently and reduce its demand, in no way should these efforts be <br />construed as abandonment of existing water rights. <br /> <br />Although La Junta projects an adequate water supply for the next decade, water use <br />efficiency remains important to City utility operations. Foremost of the City's concerns is <br />the economic essence of water in the lower Arkansas River basin. The region is an <br />agriculturally based area with significant reliance by local business on the success of <br /> <br />1 <br />