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<br />.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />anSwers from congress on whether things like that "count." Wayne Whittaker of Rocky Ford said his <br />community could spend as much as $7 million updating its water treatment plant. With the conduit <br />possible in the future, should Rocky Ford do the updates and use the effort as in-kind, or scrap the idea <br />and wait for the conduit to deliver water? Long said these are questions that will be looked into, <br /> <br />Black & Veatch will have a preliminary report to the committee on its findings so far sometime in <br />January, Communities and water associations will be approached later in 2006 to sign on to the project, <br />which would require a commitment of meeting its share of the local cost. <br /> <br />The committee also has not ruled out the possibility that the agency authorized to build the project could <br />fund it and get paid back over 50 years, much like the property mill levy in the Southeast District is used <br />to pay back the BOR for the Fry-Ark project construction to date. <br /> <br />Fountain Sbnts Fancet to Nonresidents: In 2003, the Fountain City Council decided to stop selling <br />water to nonresidents, saying the city should reserve that water for its own ratepayers, That gave those <br />who relied on the faucet a two-year warning. The well runs dry at midnight. December 31 was the last <br />day people who live outside Fountain could purchase water from the city-owned "farmers faucet" that has <br />supplied many rural residents for years. <br /> <br />For several decades, Fountain has owned the faucet a half block from its City Hall, At one time, anyone <br />could siphon water from the coin-operated spigot. Then the city switched to a system in which the faucet <br />could be operated only by those with city-issued debit cards. About 164 people have such debit cards <br />today, city officials said. Many of them live in Rancho Colorado and Midway, rural subdivisions on <br />bone-dry land near the Pueblo County line between 1-25 and Fort Carson's artillery range. <br /> <br />The city permitted them to purchase as much as $200 worth of water in credit up until 5 p,m. Friday, <br />December 30th, Those who took advantage of the offer will have awhile to make other arrangements, <br />Fountain charges them 1.17 cents a gallon, so $200 will buy a little more than 17,000 gallons of water. By <br />comparison, the average Coloradan uses 208 gallons a day, so if they planned ahead, a family of four in <br />Rancho Colorado or Midway will have at least several weeks before the cistern runs dry, <br /> <br />The alternatives boil down to buying water elsewhere, which some said is more expensive than buying <br />water from Fountain. <br /> <br />Kansas v Colorado Litigation Account Update: Work has been completed on the second year of <br />irrigation study with CSU and a data review and planning session for the third year will be held early in <br />2006, The CoAgMet weatherstation upgrades and enhancements have been completed and an agreement <br />with DWR to maintain tbe stations over the next two years has been fmalized, Work on the first lysimeter <br />continues, with shipment of fabricated parts to Rocky Ford for installation and plans to begin conducting <br />crop experiments during the 2006 growing season in place, The following information about this activity <br />was prepared for the report to the General Assembly on the use of the CWCB Litigation Account <br />discussed elsewhere: <br />. Project Status: First lysimeter has been fabricated and is ready for installation at CSU <br />Experiment Station, Rocky Ford, Initial crop will be planted spring 2006, with crop use <br />measurements during 2006 growing season, Anticipate sufficient cost savings to begin <br />construction of 2nd lysimeter in 2006, Two years of field data on irrigation water use and <br />efficiency have been collected and analyzed, a third year of data collection is planned for 2006, <br />Six weather stations have been installed or refurbished in the Arkansas Valley and data collection <br />has begun to support improved crop water use determinations, Weather network is receiving <br />appropriate maintenance to meet quality assurance needs, Expert witnesses have developed and <br />reviewed refinements to HI Model and participated in arbitration process as required, No <br /> <br />27 <br />