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<br /> <br />Public water supplies of Colorado, 1959-60 <br /> <br />by Dean O. Gregg, Eric L. Meyer, Margaret M. Targy <br /> <br />and <br /> <br />Edward A. Moulder <br /> <br />U.S. Geological Survey <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Purpose and Scope <br /> <br />This report presents and summarizes statistical data col- <br />lected from 297 communities. A subsequent report will describe <br />the management and operational aspects of public water supplies <br />and will suggest methods for better utilizing ground-water <br />reservoirs to expand and regulate municipal water supplies. <br /> <br /> <br />This report describes the source, treatment and volumes <br />of water used for public supplies by Colorado's cities and <br />towns. Previously, information on the water supplies of many <br />of the smaller cities and towns was not readily available. A <br />comprehensive study of the complex water systems in the Denver <br />metropolitan area (fig. 1) and the large cities along the Front <br />Range is beyond the .scope of this project. In general, these <br />municipalities already have detailed information and plans for <br />future expansion. This report presents, in one volume, a com- <br />pilation of comparable data on the water supplies of most of <br />the cities and towns in the state but only summarizes the mass <br />of data available from the larger cities. Also included are <br />discussions of the State's surface-water and ground-water <br />resources as related to public water supplies, and a discussion <br />of the chemical quality of water related to uses. <br /> <br />This report should be useful to industries considering <br />plant sites in the Statel to municipalities that wish to eval- <br />uate their supply by comparing their supply with othersl to <br />Federal, State, and local planning groups, and to health <br />officials, civic betterment organizations, and other individuals <br />and groups who have a specific interest in the water resources <br />of the state. <br /> <br />Methods of Investiqation <br /> <br />All communities in Colorado having a population of 100 or <br />more were considered in the investigation, and data were com- <br />piled from all known publications and sources of information <br />pertaining to municipal water supplies in the State. Using <br />these data, a file for each cOllll1lW1ity was started. The filt. <br />was augmented by data collected from a personal visit during <br />