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• Contract/PO #: C153643
• Contractor Name: Morgan County Quality Water District
• Water District: 0
• County: Morgan
• Bill Number: XB 99-999
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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INVESTIGATIONS OF GROUND-WATER SUPPLIES

FOR PROPOSED MORGAN COUNTY
QUALITY WATER DISTRICT

Introduction

The following report is the result of investigations performed on

behalf of the Morgan County Quality Water Association. The investigations

were conducted during the summer and fall of 1973 for the purpose of eval-

uating certain ground-water reSOLrces for use as domestic water supplies

for a proposed water district in Morgan County, Colorado.

Three ground-water aquifers were considered. These are the alluvial

deposits of Lost Creek, Hay Gulch and Camp Creek, all of which are south-

side tributaries of the South Platte River. Figure 1 shows the location

of the areas investigated in relationship to Morgan County.

The scope of this report is limited to the geologic, hydrologic and
water quality aspects of the ground-water resources of the three aquifers.
Advice from legal counsel s]~uld be sought concerning the legal aspects of
developing and transporting the ground water to Morgan County for domestic
and livestock purposes.

Pertinent Considerations

The financial feasibility of constructing the pipelines, pumping plants
and storage facilities, such as are being planned for Morgan County, is
largely dependent upon having a reliable water supply. The reliability
must not ~nly be in the physical supply, but also in the legal rights to
the water. Equally important is the dependability of the quality of the

water.

Reliability of supply

The alluvial aquifers discussed in this report consist of unconsoli-

dated sand and gravel deposits lying in ancestral channels which were eroded

into the underlying bedrock materials. These deposits contain water,

derived from precipitation, which is slowly moving down slope towards the

South Platte River. Before man's influence on these systems, an equilibrium

M. W. BITTINGER AND ASSOCIATES, INC.