PROJ00159

• Contract/PO #: C153305
• Contractor Name: Dolores Water Conservancy District
• Water District: 0
• County: Dolores
• Bill Number: XB 99-999
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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per minute and is currently operating at full capacity. The town possesses a second

filter of similar design, although it has not yet been installed. From the treatment

plant, water is pumped to storage in a 330,000 gallon steel tank.

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Ongoing renovation of the original distribution system built in the early 1900's

has resulted in the present arrangement depicted in Figure 5-3. Domestic water is

withdrawn through approximately 380 unmetered services.

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Montezuma Water Company:

The source of raw water for the Montezuma Water Company is the Dolores River at the

town of Dolores' intake. The company purchases water treatment from the town of

Dolores, Seven steel storage reservoirs with a total capacity of 1.3 million gallons

are located throughout the system. The Montezuma Water Company has five wells

located in Lost Canyon Creek near the Dolores River, and water storage is available

in Groundhog Reservoir. Residents of the small communities of Arriola, Lebanon,

Lewis, Yellow Jacket, Pleasant View, and Cahone as well as the majority of the

rural areas to the north and south of Cortez are served by the Montezuma Water

Company. It began serving these communities in 1968. The distribution system

shown in Figure 5-4 services an area of approximately 150 square miles, and consists

of pipe ranging in size from 1 1/4 inches to 10 inches in diameter. Installation

of the original system was initiated in 1967, with extensions constructed every few

years up to the present time. Efficient operation and maintenance over the past five

years have caused losses in the system to be reduced from over 200% down to 6-8%.

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Water is measured with master meters located at pump stations and individual meters

at each tap. Currently, there are a total of 1474 residential and 37 commercial

taps on the system.

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Montezuma Water District No, 1:

The Montezuma Water District No.1, sometimes called the Blue Door Water Company,

was organized in 1961 as a special taxing district. Supplies were originally

obtained from Hartman Creek. However, the district has changed its source of raw

water supply to the Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company by obtaining 200 shares of

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