PROJ00055

• Contract/PO #: C153015
• Contractor Name: Allenspark Water and Sanitation District
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 5
• County: Boulder
• Bill Number: SB 75-468
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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The Triple Creek Ranch development was considered as a potential annexation

to the Allenspark water system. It is felt that the areas should not be im-

mediately joined, but rather if growth occurs between the separate entities,

that the systems could be tied together at a later date. The preliminary en-

gineering layout and design, particularly the elevation of the Allenspark

diversion and water treatment plant, has been done with this future tie-in

in mind.

The Triple Creek Ranch Development consists of 54 platted lots on 172 acres

for an average lot size of 3.2 acres. Most of it is served from a water dis-

tribution system of PVC pipe, 2! inch size and less. The water source is a

diversion On Willow Creek at elevation 9050 and a diversion on Fox Creek at

elevation 8975. The raw water flows to a filtration plant at elevation 8925

and then to the distribution system. A lift station at the filter plant is

to serve a few high lots up to elevation 9110. The low point in the system

is at elevation 8375. Sewage treatment is either by conventional septic tank-

leaching field or a small sewage lagoon that serves some lots. As of spring

1974 there were about ten lots occupied. If the Allenspark system were to

join with the Triple Creek Ranch, there would be one pressure ZOne from 8500

to 8700 and an upper zone for Triple Creek from 8700 to 8850. Lower zones

for both the area west of Allenspark and the lower portion of Triple Creek

would be in the range of elevation 8375 to 8500. Preliminary investigations

show that the cost of a line connecting the two systems is, at this time,

prohibitive, but should additional development occur between the two, then

the possibility of joining should ~e investigated more fully.

Based on the historic growth rate of Allenspark and the current economic cir-

cumstances affecting land development, it seems improbable that the water system

would have the effect of significa~tly increasing the development of Allenspark.

These facts, coupled with current adverse attitudes regarding rapid development

and the lack of a sanitary sewer system, indicate that substantial growth due

to excessive land development would not occur in Allenspark. Many small mountain

communities like Allenspark are striving to control and/or curtail land develop-

ment. Boulder County has regulated minimum lot sizes. Therefore, growth should

not be relied upon when determining economic feasibility.

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