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<br />portions of the cities of Lakewood and Wheat Ridge. Some of the major characteristics of <br />the Company are summarized in Table I. <br /> <br />Table 1. Consolidated Mutual, Selected Characteristics <br /> <br />Service Area Population 85,000 <br />Number of Taps 20 000 <br />Total Avg. Annual Demand (Ac-Ft) 12,600 <br />Avg. Monthlv Residential Water Bill . $32.00 <br />Est. 1990 Median Household Income $34,000 <br /> <br />The Company has two service areas: (1) a Denver Contract Service Area utilizing treated <br />water purchased from the Denver Water Department and (2) the Maple Grove Service <br />Area utilizing diversions from Clear Creek and raw water purchased from Denver. The <br />two service areas are shown on Figure I. <br /> <br />The Maple Grove system includes two existing raw water reservoirs with a combined <br />capacity of2,000 acre-feet and a water treatment plant, and provides service to an <br />estimated population of27,000. Three thousand six hundred acre-feet were supplied to <br />the area in 1997. The proposed Fortune Reservoir is intended to provide raw water <br />storage for the Maple Grove Service Area. <br /> <br /> <br />In 1997, Consolidated submitted an acceptable water conservation plan as required by <br />HB 1154. <br /> <br />Water Ri!!hts <br /> <br />The Company has an extensive portfolio of junior and senior Clear Creek water rights, <br />which provide the bulk of the water supply for the Maple Grove system. The estimated <br />average annual yield of the Clear Creek rights for the years 1986 to 1996 was about 5,300 <br />acre-feet. In addition, the Company has a contract with the Denver Water Department for <br />443 acre-feet per year ofraw water for the Maple Grove service area. <br /> <br />Need for the Proiect <br /> <br />Under dry-year conditions, current Maple Grove area demands would be slightly in <br />excess of the safe annual yield of the system; by the year 2020 the supply/demand deficit <br />is expected to be about 1,700 acre-feet. The new reservoir would provide additional <br />operational and seasonal storage as well as carry-over storage to significantly increase the <br />firm annual yield of the Company's existing water rights. The additional storage capacity <br />is expected to result in adequate water supplies through build-out ofthe Maple Grove <br />service area. <br /> <br />2 <br />