PROJ00020

• Contract/PO #: C153567
• Contractor Name: Grand Junction, City of
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 72
• County: Mesa
• Bill Number: SB 89-85
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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Ouring the drought, therefore, emergency funds were allocated for the
construction of a pump station on the Gunnison River as a secondary supply of
raw water to the filter plant. In addition, arrangements were made with
Cl if ton Water District for an emergency cross-connection and to jointly fund
the construction of a new water treatment plant on the Colorado River. Similar
cross-connection arrangements have also been made with the Ute Water
Conservancy District to enable flow in either direction during emergency
cond it ions.

Although the present depressed economy has been detrimental to the City in
terms of availability of funds, it has at the same time relaxed the system
demands, affording the City an opportunity to objectively systematize and
optimize its capital improvements program. Specifically, the opportunity had
arisen to address the feasibility of further development of water rights, thus
leading to the initiation of this study.

The heart of the City's raw water supply is the Juniata Reservoir, by far the
largest of the City's 19 reservoirs in the Kannah Creek watershed on the west
side of Grand Mesa. A summary of reservoir storage capacities is shown in
Table 2-1.

The Juniata, Purdy Mesa, and Reeder Reservoirs are located near the lower end
of the watershed of the North Fork of Kannah Creek (hereinafter referred to as
North Fork). The other 16 reservoirs are located on top of Grand Mesa. The
five Anderson and Bolen Reservoirs release into the North Fork drainage by way
of the Bolen, Anderson, and Jacobs (B,A & J) Ditch, while the others release
into the main stem of Kannah Creek.

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