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<br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />823 state Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />December 1980 <br /> <br />g!~_~~!~E_~Qlie~EY~li~X_Qle!EI~!_fEQ~~~! <br /> <br />lli!EQQg~!IQli <br /> <br />The Ute Water Conservancy District comprises the major portion <br /> <br />of the Grand Valley in Mesa County, Colorado. <br /> <br />The entities of Grand <br /> <br />Junction and Palisade are not included in the district. <br /> <br />The district was organized in 1956 to provide domestic water to <br /> <br />the outlying areas in the Grand Valley area. <br /> <br />The original boundaries <br /> <br />of the district have been expanded considerably since then to annex <br /> <br />the Mount Lincoln, West Orchard Mesa, and Redlands areas. <br /> <br />The first water was delivered by the system in December, 1964 <br /> <br />and, during the first year of operation, the district served a total <br /> <br />of 1,082 customers. <br /> <br />The number of customers has grown steadily since <br /> <br />service began, and in 1980 it reached a total of about 12,000. As <br /> <br />the district serves most of the Grand Valley, and as this area is the <br /> <br />trade center of the energy impact area, the population in the service <br /> <br />area is projected to at least double within the next 20 years. <br /> <br />!:EQ)H&!L <br /> <br />During normal years, the Ute water Conservancy District cannot <br /> <br />provide adequate water pressure to some of its users, especially in <br /> <br />the Redlands area. <br /> <br />Needless to say, the fire protection capability <br /> <br />during this period was practically nonexistent in many areas and was <br /> <br />seriously impeded in other areas as well. These serious problems were <br /> <br />due to lack of adequate storage, lacK of transmission capability, and <br />