BOARD01591

• Board Meeting Date: 1/22/1987
• Description: CWCB Meeting
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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Colorado Water Conservation Board
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203

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Town of Frederick Water Project
(Town of Frederick)

Introduction

The Town of Frederick, which is located approximately 7
miles southeast of Longmont. has requested assistance in
identifying and evaluating alternative raw water supply sources,

Problem

Frederick currently receives its raw water supply from
Boulder Creek via the lower Boulder Ditch, which diverts water
3 miles downstream of the Boulder Wastewater Treatment Plant,
The town has experienced difficulty in prOducing drinking water
of an acceptable quality due to taste and odor problems, In
order to resolve this problem, the town, with assistance from
the CWCB, conducted a feasibility study. The study was
performed by Rocky Mountain Consultants, Inc., of Longmont, and
is the basis for the recommendation on this project.

Proposed Proiect

The engineering consultant investigated three alternative
means of SOlving Frederick's water problems: (1) purchase of
water from the Central Weld Water District, (2) secondary
treatment of the current supply, (3) Obtaining water out of
Boulder Creek above the Boulder Sewage Treatment Plant, The
third alternative was selected. It would take water from
Boulder Creek above the sewage treatment plant and convey it
via the Boulder and Whiterock Ditch to Panama Reservoir. Water
would be pumped from that reservoir and conveyed via an eight
mile long pipeline to Frederick's existing raw water storage
reservoir (Milavec Reservoir). Future expansion will require1
the acquisition of additional water rights which would have to
be acquired before any construction could be initiated,

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