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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />As on the project introduction, our biggest problem we have is the <br />rapid growth of the area. with the proximity to Denver and Aurora, <br />we are outgrowing ourselves. We had the study done by an engineering <br />firm two years ago and water storage is one problem. The other one <br />is that there are so many lead joints and in many cases one-inch gal- <br />vanized mains. As typical of a small town, financially, we are not <br />able to keep up with the trend. Our intentions are to loop the system. <br />We are sitting with our entire north end of the town with deadend <br />mains. A four-inch main would be a large main. Most of the mains. are <br />one-inch or two-inch lead joints, and one particular area is four- <br />inch wood joints mains. <br /> <br />Through the summer this year, all of our storage was gone. The north <br />end of town has no fire hydrants, which wouldn't do much good, anyway, <br />to put on a two-inch main. And this is why we are requesting the <br />funding. <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: Mayor, could you give us some idea of what growth you <br />are experiencing in Bennett? <br /> <br />MR. WELLER: From the years 1968 to 1971, the town went from 250 to <br />900 people. Since then, we are just about to a thousand. There is a <br />piece of land that a developer is starting now for approximately 260 <br />houses; he has 32 of them approved and 15 built. The area of Watkins, <br />which is 10 miles west of us, is in the middle of a coal strip mining. <br />If this was to raise its head, I could see mushrooming and tripling <br />again within a very short time. We are sitting now with approximately <br />325 water taps. The land is approved for 260 houses plus an additional <br />200 trailers. <br /> <br />MR. KROEGER: Does that pretty much complete your statement, Mr. <br />Weller? Would you want to answer any questions, if there be some? <br /> <br />MR. WELLER: I would gladly answer questions. <br /> <br />MR. JACKSON: Are you planning to put in meters on all the taps you <br />have now with this system? <br /> <br />MR. WELLER: Yes, sir. We are now about 85 percent metered, and that <br />is high on our criteria. As we go forward, we are replacing with <br />meters. Our objective is to have everyone metered. <br /> <br />MR. KROEGER: Mr. Fetcher? <br /> <br />MR. FETCHER: This may not have anything to do with the water system. <br />But what kind of a sewer system do you have? <br /> <br />MR. WELLER: The Bennett Sanitation District is separate from the. <br />town. But it is a lagoon type, built two years ago with the capacity <br />of more than what our expected growth is. It is just a separate sani- <br />tation district. completely separate from the town. <br /> <br />MR. KROEGER: Any other questions of Mr. Weller? (NO response.) <br /> <br />-3- <br />