PROJ00030

• Contract/PO #: C153325
• Contractor Name: West Divide Water Conservancy District
• Water District: 0
• County: Garfield
• Bill Number: XB 99-999
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

1. The South Rifle Division area of the West Divide Water Con-
servancy District on the south side of the Colorado River
around and in the vicinity of the Rifle interchange on Inter-
state Highway 70 is ideally suited for residential and
commercial development. However, there is a growing shortage
of potable water supplies in that area.

2. With an adequate municipal water supply, it is predicted
that the population of the South Rifle Division will expand
to 1,450 permanent residents by 1990. Construction of the
proposed Souths ide Center, a major Planned Unit Development,
and other commercial development in the area is also depend-
ent upon obtaining an adequate potable water supply,

3. The Rifle Village South Metropolitan District, which supplies
water to the Rifle Village South subdivision, and the developers
of the Southside Center have approached the West Divide Water
Conservancy District with regard to obtaining municipal water
from the West Divide Project.

4. A pump test was made in October 1980 on a 12-inch diameter
well intended as a source of water supply for the Southside
Center, This well was located in the alluvium along the
Colorado River in the South Rifle Division area, but was
found to provide a sustained yield of only a little over
50 gpm. On the basis of this test and similar experience in
the area it was concluded that an alluvium well field would
not be a feasible source of water for a municipal water
system of any substantial size.

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