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<br />25 <br /> <br />C'TY OF LA IUHTAi,COLORADO <br />, <br />MUNICIPAl. BUll-PING -J P. 0, BOX 489 <br />81050 1 <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />. December 19. 2000 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />William E. Green, P.E. . <br />Water Supply Planning and Finance Section <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />Re: . Grant application for Arkansas Valley Pipeline Feasibility Study <br /> <br />Dear Bill: <br /> <br />Thanks for the opportunity to present the enclosed proposal and grant application <br />to you. Much of the background information on this study is discussed in the <br />Introduction and Need for Study sections of'the "Preliminary Scope of Work" <br />prepared with the assistance of GEl Consultants. <br /> <br />Generally, all drinking water systems in the lower Arkansas River basin, from SI. <br />Charles Mesa in eastern Pueblo County to Lamar In Prowers County. are <br />concerned with the poor water quality in thi!! region. The majority of us currently . <br />do not meet, or only marginally meet, safe drinking water standards, We further <br />expect the tightening of these standards over the next decade. Individual entities <br />are in the process of very costly treatment upgrades just to reach minimal <br />drinking water quality. <br /> <br />Recently, we have decided to consider com,bining efforts to bring afforadable, <br />quality water to southeastern Colorado. On;e potential answer for such a cause <br />is to pipe better quality water from Pueblo '1eservolr down the valley. This idea <br />was originally proposed over 30 years ago, ibut shelved early in its development <br />because the need was not as critical as today. <br /> <br />We have formed a temporary committee of all interested parties to fund a <br />feaSibility study for the pipeline concept. Our first two meetings attracted over 75 <br />representatives of drinking water suppliers in the valley. The Southeastern <br />Colorado Water Conservancy DistrictWater-Actlvity Enterprise Is sponsoring our <br />initial efforts. If feasible, we plan to esb;lblis~ a more permanent regional water <br />authority, I have attached a list of participa~ts. <br /> <br />We have solid funding commitment of over ,$50,000 toward the study budget of <br />$200,000, and expect to have little trouble r.eaching $100,000. But we need your <br /> <br />. <br />