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<br />// <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />treatment facilities in the district, but some people who import <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />water to their cisterns do disinfect it with chlorine tablets. <br /> <br />PROBLEM <br /> <br />All residences in the district are on septic tanks and city- <br /> <br />county Health Department surveys show that many of the domestic <br />wells are beginning to show contamination from these sewer systems. <br />For those people who have cisterns, the cost to import water to <br />them is six dollars per thousand gallons, and this is extremely <br />high even for in-house use only. In addition, the district has no <br />more fire protection than a rural area, although it has a much <br />greater concentration of buildings. <br /> <br />CURRENT STATUS <br /> <br />In August of 1979, the Olive Street Water District filed <br /> <br />an application for financial assistance in solving its water <br /> <br />supply system. This was done after the search for all other <br />reasonable sources of funding had been exhausted. Due to the <br /> <br />small scope of the proposed project and the shortage of time <br /> <br />remaining to get it on the 1980 priority list, the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board staff agreed to prepare an abbreviated feasi- <br /> <br />bility study on it. <br />The study has now been completed with the conclusion that <br />the project has merit, and the staff recommends that the district <br /> <br />sign an agreement with the Pueblo Board of Water works for an <br /> <br />extension of its water distribution system. <br /> <br />PROPOSED PROJECT <br /> <br />The project will be a simple e~tensionof water mains from <br /> <br /> <br />. the existing system of the Pueblo Board of Water Works. It will <br /> <br />-2- <br />