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<br />The estimated outside use of water during the irrigation season of June through <br />September averages about 40%. It varies from an estimated peak of 50% in July and to <br />about 30% in September. <br /> <br />The Town's raw water sources of supply include direct stream flow rights and stored <br />water. For the past 32 years the senior 4.87 CFS direct flow diversion right from the Blue <br />River at the Ooose Pasture Tarn Reservoir has provided most of the Town's municipal <br />water. The Town has not drawn raw water from storage in the Tarn reservoir for its <br />municipal needs to date. The flow of the Blue River at the Tarn reservoir has never been <br />less than the total municipal diversions to date. Total municipal diversions consist of a <br />senior direct flow right and a junior direct flow right Occasionally in July and December <br />the junior flow right is used when the senior flow right is exceeded. The Oolf Course has <br />a junior flow diversion right on the Swan River. The Peak Seven facility has a junior flow <br />diversion right on the North Fork of South Barton Creek <br /> <br />The Town has numerous sources of stored raw water. The Ooose Pasture Tarn reservoir <br />contains 800 acre-feet (AF). The Town has 400 AF reserved in the Tarn for its municipal <br />needs and the Ski Area leases or owns 400 AF in the Tarn. The Town has 50 AF <br />available April through November from the Upper Blue Reservoir upstream of the Tarn. <br /> <br />The Town's raw water augmentation sources of stored water include 12 AF in Sawmill <br />Reservoir, 800 AF in Green Mountain Reservoir, 130 AF in Clinton Reservoir, and 140 <br />AF in Windy Oap Reservoir. All of the augmentation reservoirs are downstream of the <br />Tarn reservoir. <br /> <br />The Town's seven million gallons of treated water storage is contained in eight storage <br />tanks. The Peak Seven system has 0.75 million gallons of treated water storage in three <br />storage tanks. The Town's largest tank is a 3.5 million gallon buried concrete tank The <br />combined storage for the Town provides the treated storage needs to build-out for a 24- <br />hour period on the peak day with a fire demand. The storage is also sufficient to absorb <br />the peak hour demands. <br /> <br />2.2 Water/Wastewater Treatment Capacity <br /> <br />The Town's water treatment facility has a design capacity of 5.0 million gallons per day <br />(MOD). However, it can safely deliver 6.0 MOD if needed for short periods of unusual <br />conditions <br />. Peak day at build out is estimated to be about 4.8 MOD. The wastewater treatment <br />capacity is currently at 4.5 MOD and can be expanded to 6.0 MOD. The annual average <br />depletion of treated water from the customers tap to the wastewater facility outlet to the <br />river is about 5%. The wastewater system is owned and operated by the Breckenridge <br />Sanitation District, which encompasses a larger service area than the Town's water <br />service area. This district provides wastewater service to some areas on wells and other <br />water districts not served by the Town's water. <br /> <br />2.3 Existing and Future Water Conservation Measures - Cost Benefit <br />