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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />CHAPTER III <br />WATER <br /> <br />Water requirements <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Tbe water requirements of tbe proposed Morgan County Quality Water <br />District can be most accurately estimated using data from existing districts <br />serving comparable areas. Districts in tbe Soutb Platte River Basin similar <br />to tbe proposed Morgan County District include tbe NorL Weld County Water <br />District, tbe Central Weld County Water District, the East Larimer County <br />Water District and tbe Fort Collins-Loveland Water District. Water use <br />data from these districts, plus the Woodmen Water and Sanitation District <br />near Colorado Springs, are summarized in Table 1. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Tbe average montbly water use per tap in tbe four northeastern Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />districts listed in Table 1 is 27,375 gallons. It is expected tbat lawn <br /> <br /> <br />irrigation in tbe proposed Morgan County District will continue to be <br /> <br /> <br />supplied from existing wells, wbereas wells are not available to many <br /> <br /> <br />users in tbe otber nortbeastern Colorado districts. Tbe water use in tbe <br /> <br /> <br />proposed Morgan County District can, tberefore, be expected to be less per <br /> <br /> <br />tap than the otber districts witb the exception of the Woodmen District <br /> <br /> <br />where irrigation is minimal. Based upon comparison with the otber water <br /> <br /> <br />districts, it is believed tbat an average monthly per-tap use of 20,000 <br /> <br /> <br />gallons is appropriate for tbe Morgan County District. Table 2 sets forth <br /> <br /> <br />tbe estimated annual water requirements, assuming an initial bookup of 1500 <br /> <br /> <br />taps and an increase to 1990 by tbe 20th year of operation. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Table 1. Water Usage Witbin Otber Districts <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />District <br /> <br />County <br /> <br />Average <br />Use/Tap <br />Entire <br />District <br /> <br />Montbly <br />(gal.) <br />5/8" tap~/ <br /> <br />% of <br />5/8" taps <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />North Weld Weld 29,500 8,000 93% <br />Central Weld Weld 21,500 10,000 91% <br />Woodmen El Paso 14,900 14,900 100% <br />East Larimer Larimer 25,000 7,000 No data <br />Fort Collins-Loveland Larimer 33,500 ,10,000 No data <br />1/ <br />- Or smallest taps <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />- 5 - <br /> <br />M. W. BITTINGER AND ASSOCIATES, INC. <br />