C153167 Feasibility Study

• Contract/PO #: C153167
• Contractor Name: Dove Creek, Town of
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 32
• County: Dolores
• Bill Number: SB 77-35
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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General

The main source of raw water for the study area is the

Dolores River, which is a tributary of the Colorado River. The

Dolores River originates in the high mountains located in the

upper Colorado River drainage basin. Main tributaries to the Dolores

River in the vicinity of the study area include Roaring Forks Creek,

Bear Creek, Taylor Creek, Stoner Creek, West Dolores River, Lost

Canyon Creek, House Creek, and Beaver Creek.

The Town of Dove Creek is supplied with water from two

wells located in the shallow gravel alluvium adjacent to the

Dolores River in the vicinity of the confluence of the Dolores

River and Big Canyon. Each well has a peak production of approximate-

ly 120 gallons per minute. However, during the late summer and fall

this production decreases to approximately 50 gallons per minute

in each well, at which time they start producing sand. The only

treatment is chlorination which is done with a gas chlorinator.

The water is pumped from these wells to a 30, ODD-gallon

steel storage reservoir. Then repumped with a high pressure pump

station with a capacity of 325 gallons per minute from this reservoir

through approximately three miles of 8-inch high pressure pipeline

to the rim of Big Canyon on top of the Dolores-San Juan drainage

divide. From this point, the water flows approximately one and

one-half miles to two steel storage reservoirs, located at the

northeast edge of Town, which have a combined capacity of approxi-

mately 325,000 gallons.

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