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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />_ WATER SYSTEM (Continued) <br /> <br />The quality of water in the District is excellent, consistently well below the permissible limits <br />of organic, inorganic and radioactive substances established by the Colorado Department <br />of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency, <br /> <br />At present, the District has been decreed the right to extract approximately 1,200 acre feet <br />of water per year, which translates to roughly 346,000,000 gallons of water annually. This <br />capacity can easily serve 1,600 households per year (the District currently has <br />approximately 480 occupied households), <br /> <br />The following rates are charged to customers monthly for water usage: <br /> <br />Meter <br />Size <br /> <br />0-3000 <br /> <br />CosV1000 Gallons of Water Use <br />3001-12,600 12,601-25,200 <br /> <br />25,201-37,000 <br /> <br />3/4" <br /> <br />$15,00 <br /> <br />$15.00 + <br />$1.60/1000 <br /> <br />$15.00 + <br />$ 1.80/1000 <br /> <br />$25,00 + <br />$ 1,80/1000 <br /> <br />$15.00 + <br />$ 2.40/1000 <br /> <br />$25,00 + <br />$ 2.40/1000 <br /> <br />1" <br /> <br />$25,00 <br /> <br />$25,00 + <br />$ 1.60/1000 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(Information about charges for larger meters is available at the District's office.) <br /> <br />WASTEWATER SYSTEM <br /> <br />Customers of Castle Pines North Metropolitan District receive wastewater treatment <br />services from the East Plum Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility owned by the <br />Plum Creek Wastewater Authority and operated by the Castle Pines Metropolitan District. <br />Wastewater from residences is conveyed by underground pipes to the wastewater <br />treatment facility located on Highway 85 just south of Happy Canyon Road. This regional <br />facility currently treats flows from Castle Pines Village, Castle Pines North and the Town <br />of Castle Rock. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The first treatment process in the facility removes large floating material and heavy grit-like <br />material. Wastewater then enters the secondary, activated sludge treatment process. <br />Organic material is removed biologically as the wastewater encounters the activated sludge <br />(which is teeming with microorganisms and bacteria) in large aeration tanks. Large <br />volumes of air are introduced into the aeration tanks to accelerate the biological breakdown <br />of organic material. Activated sludge (mixed with the incoming wastewater) then flows into <br />a large settling tank or clarifier where the solid particles settle out to the bottom to be <br />returned back to the aeration tanks, <br /> <br />2 <br />