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<br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />to keep up with demand during the high-use period of the year, and <br /> <br />extensive repair, and/or reconstruction, is needed on the system. <br /> <br />The water usage per capita is too high, but much of this could <br /> <br />be corrected with replacement lines and universal metering instal- <br /> <br />lation. In addition to these problems, there is inadequate storage <br /> <br />facilities to provide proper fire protection to the town and reserve <br /> <br />supply for peak-demand requirements. As the projected growth for <br /> <br />the town is 8.5 percent per year for the next 20 years, the need <br /> <br />for immediate improvements is readily apparent. <br /> <br />CURRENT STATUS <br />In May of 1977, the town of Basalt submitted a request to the <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board for assistance in solving its <br /> <br />water supply problems. Subsequently, and through joint funding by <br /> <br />the Board and the town, an engineering report on the water system <br /> <br />problem was undertaken and prepared by Wright-McLaughlin Engineers, <br /> <br />a consulting engineering firm of Denver, Colorado. The consultants <br /> <br />have completed their report, and they recommend that the town reno- <br /> <br />vate and improve the existing spring supply of raw water, increase <br /> <br />the storage capacity, install universal metering, and develop a well <br /> <br />field in the Roaring Fork River alluvium as a supplemental supply. <br />PROPOSED PROJECT <br /> <br />The consultants have recommended that the existing water system <br /> <br />be up dated and improved in the following manner: add new spring <br /> <br />boxes, a raw water transmission line and control facility, a new <br /> <br />-2- <br />