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<br />COLORADO SPRINGS--Continued
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<br />finished water to users within the cor-
<br />porate limits and surrounding areas,
<br />and to the Air Force Academy, Fort
<br />carson, and Peterson Field.
<br />
<br />Source.--East Pork West Beaver creek, Boeh-
<br />mer Creek, Ruxton creek; supply is col-
<br />lected a~ Lake Moraine; intake at lake
<br />about 10 miles west of city.
<br />
<br />.
<br />
<br />South Ruxton Creek, intake about B
<br />mil~s west of city.
<br />
<br />,
<br />
<br />Bear Creek, intake about 5 miles west
<br />fi'f city.
<br />
<br />Horth and South Catamount Creek, intake
<br />about 14 miles northwest of city.
<br />
<br />Crystal Creek, intake about 13 miles
<br />northwest of city.
<br />
<br />Nerth and South Cascade Creek, intake
<br />about 12 miles northwest of city.
<br />
<br />West Monument Creek, intake about 11
<br />miles north of city.
<br />
<br />Monument Creek, intake about 3 miles
<br />north of city.
<br />
<br />Fountain Creek, intake at western edge
<br />of city.
<br />
<br />Blue River tributaries; supply is di-
<br />verted across the Continental Divide
<br />via Hoosier Tunnel to Montgomery Res-
<br />ervoir; intake at Reservoir, about 75
<br />miles northwest of city.
<br />
<br />Treatment.--Manitou Hydroelectric Plant:
<br />Aeration, chlorination; effluent may
<br />go directly to distribution Qr to Mesa
<br />Filter plant for further treatment.
<br />
<br />Mesa Filter Plant: Coagulation, sedi-
<br />mentation, filtration, and chlorination;
<br />rated capacity, 24 mgd.
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<br />Northfield Treatment Plant: Plain
<br />sedimentation, coagulation, sedimenta-
<br />tion. filtration, and chlorination;
<br />capacity, 13.6 mgd.
<br />
<br />Bear Creek Supply: Plain sedimentation
<br />and chlorination.
<br />
<br />3toraQe.--Untreated water: 10,400 mg
<br />(31,940 acre-ft). Treated water:
<br />Ground, 47.0 mg.
<br />
<br />Deliveries.--1960: Average, 22.6 mgd.
<br />1959: Maximum, 44.4 mgd; average, 18.9
<br />rngdi average per capita, 252 gpd.
<br />
<br />Averages, in millions of gallons
<br />per day, 1959.
<br />
<br />Jan. 10.7 Apr. 15.6 July 33.5 Oct. 14.
<br />
<br />Feb. 10.7 May 21.5 Aug. 29.0 Nov. 12.
<br />
<br />Mar. 11.6 June 26.6 sep. 28.9 Dec. 11.
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<br />COLORADO SPRINGS--Continued
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<br />Remarks.--Transmountain diversions by city
<br />in 1959 totaled 2,900 mg (8,910 acre-
<br />ft). Shortages have occurred in times
<br />of drought. See analyses.
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<br />COMMERCE TOWN
<br />(Adams County)
<br />
<br />Population.--B,970.
<br />Information from.--W. H. Weimer, Chief of
<br />police, September 22, 1960.
<br />
<br />See South Adams Water and Sanitation Dis-
<br />trict and Town and Country Mutual Water
<br />Company.
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<br />CONEJOS
<br />(Conejos County)
<br />
<br />Population.--200 (est.).
<br />
<br />Information from.--Mrs. Constance Ness,
<br />Postmaster; Delfino Garcia, Resident;
<br />April 13, 1960.
<br />
<br />Owners: ..!.:.E..--Individual faci lities.
<br />Source.--Wells tapping the alluvium of the
<br />-Cor,ejos River.
<br />
<br />Remarks.--Jo plans for establishing a com-
<br />munity water-supply system.
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<br />CONSOLIDATED MUTUAL WATER COMPANY
<br />(Jefferson County)
<br />
<br />population.--19,338.
<br />
<br />Information frorn.--John Krieger, Superin-
<br />tendenti October, 1960.
<br />
<br />OWnership.--Consolidated Mutual Water Com-
<br />pany.
<br />Population served.--35,000 (est.) from
<br />10,110 service connections, in two
<br />separate systems: Company supplied
<br />system, 1,737 service connections;
<br />Denver Water Board supplied system,
<br />8,378 service connections.
<br />
<br />Source.--Denver Water Board: Supplies fin-
<br />ished water.
<br />
<br />Company-owned sources: Clear Creek,
<br />(via Agricultural Ditch) intake within
<br />the service area.
<br />
<br />Lena Gulch, intake within the service
<br />area (supply only occasionally avail-
<br />able) .
<br />
<br />6 wells, within the service area: (4
<br />wells tapping the Fox Hills sandstone,
<br />2 wells tapping the Arapahoe formation"
<br />capacity, about 0.7 mgd.
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