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<br />COLORADO HATER CONSEl'tVATlON BOARD <br />823 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />October, 1976 <br /> <br />HAYDEN PROJECT <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The town of Hayden, located in western Routt County, lies <br />approximately 17 miles east of the town of Craig and about 25 miles <br />west of Steamboat Springs, the county seat. The town was incorporated <br />in 1906. The present population of the town was estimated at about <br />1,700 persons in 1975, with an annual growth of about 150 persons per <br /> <br />year. <br /> <br />Since about 1965, the Yampa River Basin has shown a steady rise in <br />coal production and n~w accounts for about 53 percent of all coal pro- <br />duction in the state. Because. of increasing energy demands, it is <br />anticipated that production in the region will rise from tWe present <br />level of about 3 million tons per year to about 33 million tens by the <br />year 1990. Hayden had ten percent of the regional p~pu1ation in 1970, ~!t <br />but will probably receive up to abOut forty percent ef the direct emp1oy- : <br />ment force for coal development in the years te ~ome;.. <br />The present town water system takes water fr"m the yampa River by <br />gravity. Thereafter it is pumped through a series ef treatment plants <br />and small reservoirs for ultimate distribution. The system is ancient <br />and overtaxed. Water uses are metered, but many of the meters are in <br />poor repair. <br />PROBLJ11 <br />Due to the rapid influx of population in the last four ti five <br />