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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 />There was general agreement that additional water conservation measures and fixing system
<br />losses would be a benefit, but by themselves, would not represent long-term solutions to the
<br />Town's long-term water supply, As noted in BBC's research and previous experience, the
<br />Town's water use in terms of gallons per capita per day is already very low when compared with
<br />most other Colorado municipalities, particularly by minimizing use of treated water for outdoor
<br />irrigation, Reducing system losses is believed to be a very expensive and disruptive option
<br />involving at least a portion of distribution-system replacement. Renegotiating the previous deal
<br />for the 400 undeveloped taps with ARCa, or asking that the taps be doqated b,/c,k to the Town,
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<br />was also discussed as an important solution, but it was recognize.d: that,.there were many
<br />uncertainties associated with making this issue the cornerstone of an'effectiye long-term water
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<br />resources plan, Likewise, purchasing additional storage)ri. Lone Calijn R~s~r:voir or Beav(1r
<br />Reservoir were considered to be uncertain options that would stilIr'r.quire cq~struction ofl,lew
<br />delivery systems to convey this water into the Town's system. " 'r.i,~~ ;~\, i;"~/
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<br />During the January 11, 2000 meeting, the idea to convert parl<:; watering systems 'from treated
<br />water to irrigation water at two of the Town's parks was discUssed,' Mr, Norris laterreported that
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<br />in 1999 approximately 3.4 million gallons of treated watef'\Yerelised to irrigate these parks.
<br />Converting these systems from treated water to irrigation watei;\v9uld require purchase of
<br />additional shares in the Stewart Ditch that runsne,arboth Parks, insiallij{g pumps, and controls,
<br />and perhaps construction of a small storage pond tocaptute~xcess Stewart Ditch flows for later
<br />use during the day when required for irrigation, TheTow'ii';''ClllTently owns about 16 shares of
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<br />Stewart Ditch water which is valued at about $1,600 persh#!l:' Mr. Norris indicated that one
<br />share will irrigate about one acre ~f p~k land, ;:'~V,,<,,","
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<br />Converting park watering syste~)o irrigation water rights will certainly help reduce the Town's
<br />treated water demands during the"summer months, bat if this additional water cannot be stored
<br />for later use.it would have':11nrited value. A~ a fesu1t; this alternative was not evaluated further.
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<br />Several sites where new'reservoirs' could be constructed or existing reservoirs could be enlarged,
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<br />were discussed duringthe:November meeting. The sites include:
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<br />'\. Recoveri(lg'fullstorage at the Town's Todd Reservoir;
<br />2, Purchasing and expanding Roeber Reservoir;
<br />3, Enlargillg Lone Cabin Reservoir; I 'Z-
<br />4, ConstrUcting a dam at the Inter-ocean Reservoir; ~ tl"w, N. ~(}./'tJll /' e?
<br />. 5, Constructing a dam at the Minnesota ReservoirlMonument Dam Site;
<br />.:::' 6, Partnering with the current owners to complete the work on Bruce Park
<br />Reservoir;
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