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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 />I <br /> <br />.. Chapter 1 <br />.. GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> <br />GENERAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> <br />The Trinidad Water Supply Improvement Project proposes an <br />expansion of the City's water treatment plant and improvement <br />of the raw water transmission line. The project will be <br />in two phases, with Phase I including the water treatment <br />plant expansion and upgrading of the valve controls on the <br />existing North Lake raw water transmission line, and <br />renovation of the intake structure on North Lake. Phase II <br />would include installation of a new raw water transmission <br />line from the North Lake Intake Aqueduct to Lake Monument. <br />Development of Phase II will depend somewhat upon the <br />outcome of a current request before the State Water Court <br />to allow alternate points of diversion for the City's <br />municipal water supply. <br /> <br />OBJECTIVES <br /> <br />The objectives of the proposed project are to upgrade and <br />increase the City of Trinidad's municipal water supply <br />system, to provide for current and future water supply <br />requirements, to enhance the utilization of existing water <br />rights, and to provide a greater degree of safety in <br />meeting peak demands during prolonged drought periods. <br />Currently, the water filtration plant capacity and the raw <br />water transmission line capacity from the City's storage <br />reservoirs (North Lake and Monument Lake) to the water <br />treatment plant need upgrading to meet the above mentioned <br />objectives. <br /> <br />LOCATION <br /> <br />The project facilities are located in what is known as the <br />City of Trinidad's Mountain Water Supply System area <br />30 miles west of Trinidad. Both the city of Trinidad and <br />the project area are located in Las Animas County. <br /> <br />Figure I shows the project location. The Mountain Water <br />Supply System consists of North Lake, Monument Lake, <br />Trinidad Water Filtration Plant, the North Lake Pipeline, <br />the Monument Lake Pipeline and the auxiliary diversion <br />structures, ditches, and aqueducts from adjacent streams <br />which fill Monument Lake and North Lake. A treated-water <br />gravity pipeline flows from the water treatment plant to <br />the City of Trinidad. A number of individual houses, <br />farms and small communities between the water treatment <br />plant and the City are served by the system. <br /> <br />1 <br />