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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />823 state centenrial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />November, 1977 <br /> <br />GRAND VALLEY PROJECT <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The town of Grand Valley is located at the confluence of the <br /> <br />Colorado River and Parachute Creek, 48 miles east of Grand Junction <br /> <br />and 15 miles west of Rifle, in Garfield County. Grand Valley is <br /> <br />'. <br />served by U. S" Highway 6 and 24, which runs through the commercial <br /> <br />district of Grand Valley. <br /> <br />The primary s"J;'vice of th,e town is ,to provide services for the <br /> <br />local agricultural industry, mainly ranching and grazing. The town <br /> <br />of Grand Valley is so si~uated that it has now begun to boom. The <br /> <br />town is in the heart of the oil-shale country. The colony and Union <br /> <br />Oil Company development~ are situated in the Parachute Creek basin. <br /> <br />The Parahoe operation i~ 11 miles to the east of the town, while the <br /> <br />Naval oil Shale Reserve almost borders the town. Thus, the in flu- <br /> <br />ence of these prototype developments is expected to about tripple <br /> <br />the present population of the town by the year 1985. <br /> <br />PROBLEM <br /> <br />At the present time, Grand Valley has no water treatment <br /> <br />facilities other than a chlorinator, which is not entirely effec- <br /> <br />e tive. The existing water system is quite old and not designed to <br /> <br />Ul J.JdLL.J.eln~J.ll. L..L,,;,-;.\- ,. <br />