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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />II <br /> <br />Dove Creek: <br /> <br /> <br />A treatment plant built in 1977 with rated capacity of 0.5 MGD provides drinking <br /> <br /> <br />and domestic water for the town of Dove Creek. The treatment process includes <br /> <br /> <br />flocculation, clarification, filtration, and disinfection with chlorine. Ample <br /> <br /> <br />room is provided in the building for installation of a second sand filter unit, <br /> <br /> <br />which would increase the plant capacity to 1.0 MGD, if the high-service pumps are <br /> <br /> <br />properly upgraded. To provide raw water storage and some amount of sedimentation <br /> <br /> <br />if a surface water supply source were utilized, a 100 acre-foot reservoir has been <br /> <br /> <br />constructed adjacent to the plant, Additional raw water storage will be made <br /> <br /> <br />available in the Bureau of Reclamation's proposed Monument Creek Reservoir facility. <br /> <br /> <br />However, pumping is required to overcome the 100-foot difference in elevation between <br /> <br /> <br />normal water surface in Monument Creek Reservoir and the treatment plant. <br /> <br />Currently, treated water is supplied to over 850 townspeople, and an additional 25 <br /> <br /> <br />families that haul water from Dove Creek. During normal demand periods, the plant <br /> <br /> <br />operates at about 25% of its maximum design capacity. The plant has so far been <br /> <br /> <br />subjected to a peak day demand about half of its current rated capacity. The town <br /> <br /> <br />does not anticipate outgrowing its existing treatment facility within the next 20 <br /> <br /> <br />years, but it is willing to look at inclusion in the Dolores Water Conservancy <br /> <br /> <br />District system and possible extension of service to surrounding areas to the south. <br /> <br /> <br />An area lying 4000 feet south of town is. already being served by the present Dove <br /> <br /> <br />Creek system which is shown in Figure 5-2. <br /> <br />Within the distribution network, low water pressures are common at certain high <br /> <br /> <br />spots in town. Three tanks provide a total potable water storage volume of <br /> <br /> <br />approximately 850,000 gallons. Metering is provided on all services except for <br /> <br /> <br />public taps. <br /> <br />Dolores; <br /> <br /> <br />Raw water supplied to the Dolores treatment plant is pumped from the river and <br /> <br /> <br />retained in a 100 acre-foot storage reservoir. Suspended matter is separated from <br /> <br /> <br />the water in a pressure filtration unit, which is capable of processing 1200 gallons <br /> <br />-42- <br />