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<br />Feasibility Report for Improvement ofPaonia's Water Supply System <br />Town of Paonia <br />April 21, 2000 <br /> <br />are highest in the summer, at more than 14 million gallons per month in June through August. <br />There is a smaller difference between summer monthly usage and winter monthly usage than in <br />many urban water systems because of the Town's efforts to minimize use of treated water for <br />irrigation, The data in Table 4.1 show that this is especially true for customers outside the Town <br />boundaries. In-town customer demand represents about 65 percent of total metered demand (81 <br />million gallons per year), while out-of-town, individually metered customers represent <br />approximately 15 percent of total metered demand (20 million gallons per year), Private pipeline <br />companies that receive treated water from the Paonia water system through master meter <br />arrangements represent the remaining 20 percent of total demand (26 m;ll.iol1gallons per year). <br />^:) :~:J:' <br />Given the short period of time for which comprehensiveineter re~oids::~6-e.available, BBC <br />examined National Weather Service data on climate conditions in Paoniildinjng 1998 and 1999, <br />These records indicate that this period was somewhat warmer and drier th~'iiomial, sugg~'stJng <br />that demands during a "normal" weather year might be sli~tlyless than in 1998~1999," <br /> <br />BBC compared monthly and annual metered water demands with the estimated in-town and <br />out-of-town population of the Paonia water service area to derive average demands per capita, <br />As shown in Table 4,1, annual average water demand per capita:'-\.;ithin"the Town boundaries is <br />approximately 127 gallons per day, Annual averag~per capita usag~i)utside Town is about 10 <br />percent lower (116 gallons per day), reflec.tip.g less. irrigaTIon use outside Town and, perhaps, <br />more modem plumbing in the newer housing stock outside .the To.wn boundaries, Peak monthly <br />)" , , ~,: . , ":.< ',,;'" :-;,; "", <br />water demands in Town occur in July, when metered demand is'iipproximately 234 gallons per <br />capita per day, Peak monthly demands outside of Town{17l gallons per capita per day) also <br />occur in July, i; ., <br /> <br />The existing per capita wat~r. demands were used in the analysis to convert projected future <br />populationm the servicl< .ai~a into projecteametered water demand. Given that Paonia water <br />, . - - ,,,-. "~- '-" -.. , <br />demandsper. capita are quit~loV?compared to most Colorado municipal water systems, BBC did <br />not assume;an{re~ll.\ction in fliture ~~ter demands per capita due to end-user conservation <br />efforts. As long a(\Vater dem$d is less than 2,000 acre-feet per year, Paonia will not be <br />required to comply,iiththe waterc;ons'ervation guidelines promulgated by the CWCB Office of <br />Water Conservation> Bllsl<d\ipon conversations with Town representatives, future Town policies <br />are anticipated to continue to stress minimal water use for outdoor irrigation by new customers~ <br />;."' '(:~~i ,,'_~~, <br />,-. '. <br /> <br />Table 4.1 also indicates the relationship between metered water demand and total treated water <br />proouction. BBC estimated that annual treated water production currently averages about 177 <br />million gallons per year. The difference between this figure and the 127 million gallon metered <br />water demand reflects spills of about 12 percent of treated water production and other <br />unaccounted water totaling about 19 percent of total production. <br /> <br />~ GEl Consultants, Inc. <br /> <br />4-2 <br /> <br />1:\PROJECTS\99368\ReponsIFeasibilily.wpd <br />