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<br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />823 State Centennial Building <br />l313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />February 1981 <br /> <br />RIDGES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT PROJECT <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The Ridges Metropolitan District was created for the purpose <br /> <br />of providing domesti~ water, irrigation water, sanitary sewer <br /> <br />systems, and public parks with recreational facilities pursuant <br />to Title 32, Article 3, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, as <br /> <br />amended. The District is therefore responsible for providing <br /> <br />these services to the 816 acres southwest of Grand Junction <br /> <br />that comprise the Metropolitan District. <br /> <br />State funds requested would be utilized to construct a <br /> <br />lawn irrigation system within the boundaries of the District <br /> <br />using untreated water. The system proposed by the District <br /> <br />would provide two small reservoirs, with irrigation water going <br /> <br />to each individual lot within the service area. Thus, the <br /> <br />District will have a dual system, their drinking water supply <br /> <br />being provided by Ute Water Conservancy District and their <br />irrigation water being pumped by the proposed project from the <br />Colorado River. <br /> <br />PROBLEM <br /> <br />The Ridges Metropolitan District has encountered difficul- <br /> <br />ties in financing the irrigation system of this newly developed <br /> <br />and still developing area (about 275 housing units had been <br /> <br />completed by the end of 1980).. The problem of the District would <br /> <br />be partly solved if monies were made available to it to finish <br /> <br />f <br />