PROJ00121

• Contract/PO #: C153702
• Contractor Name: Silt, Town of
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 39
• County: Garfield
• Bill Number: HB 95-1155
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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PROJECT SPONSOR
Selected demographic and economic characteristics for the Town of Silt are shown in Table I.
The Town is currently experiencing growth as a result of in-migration from other areas
and from recreational development in the upper part of the Eagle River Valley.

Estimated 1994 Population (1)
Number of Water Taps (2)
1994 Annual Water Demand in Acre-Feet (2)
Median Household Income (1)
Monthly Residential Water Rate (3)
Water and Sewer Fund Debt as of 12/31/94 (4)
Water and Sewer Fund Debt per Capita
Current Water Rate as Percent of Med. Hshld. Inc.

1,130
510
252
$21,724
$28.00
$217,102
$192
1.5%

Sources: (1) Division of Local Government
(2) Town of Silt
(3) Jerome Gamba & Assoc. report
(4) Town of Silt Annual Financial Report, 12/31/94

Total long-term indebtedness was $217,102 as of December 31,1994 and included a loan
. balance of $202,500 for a CWCB water system improvement loan obtained in 1980 and a
balance of $14,602 for a Department of Local Affairs (DLA) wastewater system loan obtained
in 1992.

The Town of Silt currently uses a surface water supply system with diversions from the
Colorado River by gravity to a 1.5 million gallon (mg) settling basin/raw water reservoir.
Water is pumped from the reservoir to the Town's water treatment plant (WTP) and thence to
the distribution system

NEED FOR THE PROJECT

Due to growth in population and to capacity limitations in the existing water supply system,
the Town has had to consider options for expanding its water supply capabilities, The critical
factor at present is the treatment capacity of the WTP which is operating at or near its limit.

The two options considered for water system expansion were:

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