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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Capita at $192 and the Current Water Rate as a Percent of Median Household Income
at 1.5%, are in the "Strong" and "Average" categories, respectively, in terms of current
indicators.

It should be noted, however. that the proposed Raw Water Irrigation System would be
established under a separate irrigation enterprise fund and would be independent of the
Water and Sewer Fund for accounting purposes,

Existing Water Suoolv Svstem
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).

Maximum water treatment plant capacity for the current turbidity standard of 0,5 NTU
ranges between 400 and 600 gallons per minute, The WTP is currently operating at
capacity providing water for both in-house and lawn and garden irrigation to the 510
existing customers,

Treated water storage of 850,000 gallons is provided in the distribution system, Of this
amount, about half is operating storage and half is for fire flows,

For municipal purposes, the Town has a total of 1.522 cubic feet per second (cfs) in
decreed absolute water rights and 0.363 cfs in conditional rights, These rights are fairly
junior and the Town utilizes augmentation water from the Green Mountain Reservoir
historic water users pool to assure a reliable supply, Silt is also in the process of
attempting to augment its supply through the purchase of Ruedi Reservoir water,

Water Demands
There are currently about 510 taps on the Town water system, Roughly 95 percent of
these taps are for residential customers inside the Town limits,

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