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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I September and from mid-November through mid-March to meet the instream flow needs and all of the water supply demands. Eagle River Water & Sanitation District The Vail Valley Consolidated Water District ("Vail Valley") was formed in 1982 as the result of consolidating six different water and water and sanitation districts. It supplies water for a variety of municipal uses, including residential and commercial uses, golf course and park irrigation and snowmaking for the Vail Ski Area. Vail Valley provides water to the Town of Vail which is located along Gore Creek from Black Gore Creek to the Eagle River. In July 1996, Vail Valley merged with the Upper Eagle Valley Consolidated Sanitation District to form the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District ("ERWSD"). This new district provides potable water to the Town of Vail and wastewater treatment for the towns of Vail, Avon and Minturn and the Eagle-Vail, Beaver Creek, Smith Creek, Arrowhead, Berry Creek, Edwards and Squaw Creek Metropolitan Districts. Additionally, ERWSD operates and maintains the diversion, treatment and distribution systems owned by the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority, Lake Creek Meadows Water District and Bellyache Ridge Metropolitan District. It also operates wastewater treatment- plants in Vail, Avon and Edwards. ERWSD uses a single-family equivalent, "SFE", as a unit of measurement for establishing tap fees and billing rates. An SFE is defined as a single-family residence with up to 3,000 square feet of dwelling space. Criteria have been established for determining the SFE values for commercial properties. According to the draft January 1994 report entitled "Water System Master Plan for Vail Valley Consolidated Water District" prepared by Merrick & Company, there will be about 8,886 SFE in the Vail Valley at build-out. As of January 1, 1997, there were 8,576 SFE, or 96.5 percent of the build-out estimate. ERWSD's service area, diversion structures, and other pertinent features in the Vail Valley are shown in Plate 2. Water Sources. The principal sources of potable water for the Vail area are four alluvial wells located along Gore Creek between Booth Creek and Spraddle Creek which have a combined capacity of about 10.8 cubic feet per second (cfs). Additionally, three wells located in West Vail and an infiltration gallery located in East Vail have a combined capacity of about 2.8 cfs. In 1994, the Vail Valley and Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority systems were connected such that water could be diverted from the Eagle River, treated and pumped to Vail Valley's distribution system. Likewise, water produced by the Vail Valley wells can supply water to the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority's system. Normally the interconnection supplies water to Vail Valley during the winter months and to the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority during the summer months at rates up to 3.1 3