PROJ00207

• Contract/PO #: FS0020X
• Contractor Name: Paonia, Town of
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 0
• County: Delta
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

Feasibility Report for Improvement of Paonia's Water Supply System
Town of Paonia
April 21, 2000

The growth scenarios discussed above are projected average annual increases in the number of
residents within the Town boundaries, Residents of the service area living outside the Town are
projected to increase at 1.5 times the in-Town growth rate, except under Scenario C where a
growth rate in the area outside the Town boundaries of 4 percent per year compares with a
projected in-Town growth rate oD percent per year,

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Population Growth Projections

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Figure 4.5 provides a graphical depiction of projected population gro~ under'ihe three growth
scenarios, Under Scenario A, water service area population would iIiciease from about 2,825
at present to 4, I 00 by 2020 and 4,900 by 2030, Under Scenilrio B, th6.si;fvice area populatiQn
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would reach 4,750 by 2020 and 5,700 by 2030, Under Scenario._C, there_\Vllllld be 5~ZOO
residents in the service area by 2020, but buildout would be reached before 2030 [Lbland, 1996],
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Water Demand Projections""''''''

By combining the population growth scenarios just described with the per capita water demands
discussed earlier in this technical memorandum, BBC projected J'utilremetered water demand
for the Paonia water system. Table 4,2 provides a sjimmary of pi6je~te(fannual water demand
for the in-Town and out-of-Town portions of the se,rviceijrea in 20io and 2030,

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81 111 129
45 73 91
:~::i.- ,Total 127 184 220
.~. ." SceriarioB - CDLG Based
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In-town 81 125 146
Outside Town 45 87 109
Total 127 212 255
Scenario C - Unanticipated Event
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In~town 81 151 203
Outside Town 45 104 153
Total 127 255 356

PROJECTED ANNUAL METERED WATER DEMANDS
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