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<br />Feasibility Report for Improvement ofPaonia's Water Supply System
<br />Town of Paonia
<br />April 21, 2000
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<br />2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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<br />2.1 General
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<br />The Town ofPaonia's water supply is intimately linked to the local geology, Bedrock in the
<br />vicinity of the Town ofPaonia is formed mainly by the sedimentary Mancos shale formation,
<br />Landsend Peak and Mount Lamborn are located southeast of the Town and are formed by
<br />igneous rock intrusions that pierced through the Mancos shale, Deterioration of fu.ejgneous rock
<br />peaks throughout time have resulted in numerous talus deposits along the ~grthern slopes of
<br />these peaks. Numerous springs were formed where the permeable, detenorated igneous rock
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<br />overlies the much more impervious Mancos shale, These'springs provide high quality water
<br />~ supplies,:o~.t~e!o.wn of.~ao.11!(l anda!eJe.ri.~:t sno~e..~!!i'!~,!~~,~~~~~lbOY~~~h? ,
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<br />€~TO~ofP~,onia w~s incorporated as a municipality in the Stat~~f cOI~~;.i9,;9.t(~~:
<br />1995). In T9D5,llieT cjwn-Dorro\ved'abouf"$50;OOO-t:i:nn,$~A1rSffi.all"'IIW'Wath"';ffanslUlssion -'1';";/'
<br />pipelines from the springs on Lamborn Mesa into town, . Siiii;,#:i:hat time, the Town has continued C7
<br />to develop additional springs and install pipelines to increase the capacity of its raw water
<br />system. In 1992, the Town purchased the Todd ReserVoir to proYide.'stl?rage as an important part
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<br />The system provided a reliable, high quality source ofi:ate.1J,othe T~~' until 1988, During the ~.
<br />drier years of 1988 and 1989, the Townh,ad a diffic,ulftiriie.:supplYing water to its citizens and
<br />nearly depleted the drin~~ wat.er s.t.o.".~.(,d in its ~eate.. d waf~!~torage tanks durin}, hotter days in
<br />1989, rPd A'Alt~:~",:'U/ 1!d-. s;f;G!Y,?I' .6&y':,z"
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<br />2.2 Previous Paonia Studies;:' ..','"
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<br />During the)990s, the Towii coirimissioned's'ev.enilstudies to proactively address the pressures
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<br />of growth:imCI the resultinginllJllcts on the Town's water supply system. A summary of some
<br />of the key sfudie~ completed iii"lhe last decade is provided below,
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<br />2.2.1 Town"oCPaonia Comprehensive Plan
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<br />In 1996, the c6ilsultinfteam of Leland Consulting Group, PBS&J, and Gorsuch Kirgis
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<br />teamed to update.:;;the~Town of Paonia's 1985 Comprehensive Plan and Zoning
<br />Regulations. The PaQuia Comprehensive Plan was developed for Town officials and staff
<br />to use in making'recommendations and decisions on specific land use and development
<br />proposals. The' purpose of the plan is to set a course of action for addressing the
<br />'co pressures of future growth and development in the area, while maintaining the existing
<br />" . .'1'ural agricultural setting,"
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