BOARD02039

• Board Meeting Date: 7/20/2004
• Description: CF Section - New Loans - Pinewood Springs Water District - New Reservoir and Raw Water Pipeline Construction and Water Rights Purchase
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www,cwcb.state.co_us

MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

TO:

FROM:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Bruce Johnson, P.E. f&,~'
Mike Serlet, P.E., Chjef~.lj
Water Supply Planning andiFiilance Section

Russell George
Executive Director

Rod Kuharich
eWeB Director

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

DATE:

July 9, 2004

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 14e, July 20-21, 2004 Board Meeting
Water Supply Planning and Finance Section - New Loans
Pinewood Springs Water District - New Reservoir and Raw Water
Pipeline Construction and Water Rights Purchase

Introduction

The Pinewood Springs Water District (PSWD) is applying for a $2,033,850 loan from the Severance
Tax Trust Fund Perpetual Base Account to construct a new storage reservoir, pump station and raw
water pipeline, raw water infiltration gallery modifications, and to purchase additional water rights. The
estimated total cost of the raw water portion of the project is $2,711,805. The project is part of a larger
Drought Mitigation Project (DMP), that also includes expanding the existing water treatment facility and
replacing distribution lines. The total project cost is $3,109,100, Please see the attached project
summary and map.

Backaround

PSWD is located approximately 11 miles east of Estes Park, and encompasses approximately 700
acres. They provide water to 268 taps (266 households and two businesses) with a projected total
of 350 taps at pianned build-out (estimated to occur in 2015). PSWD draws surface water from the
Little Thompson River and processes this water for domestic consumption with a micro-filtration
plant. The distribution system consists of four (4) storage tanks with a total capacity of 1.2 million
gallons of treated water, and approximately 10 miles of pipeline and four (4) pumping facilities,
There are 3 pressure zones in the system to cover an elevation range of 600 feet. PSWD has no
raw water storage. They also have several wells that have been used in the past, but are now
taken off line due to low capacity and high operating expense,

PSWD has been severely impacted by water shortage during the past several years. In July 2000,
the Little Thompson River, the primary source of water, ran dry as a result of severe drought
conditions. In 2001 PSWD spent $123,017 to haul water purchased from the City of Longmont,
and in 2002 spent $59,174 for hauled water. The persistent nature of the drought over the last

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