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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />be 1000 acre feet. This water is totally consumptively used as far as <br /> <br /> <br />the Camp Creek alluvial supply is concerned. <br /> <br /> <br />Town of Akron wells located at the eastern edge of the Camp Creek <br /> <br /> <br />watershed account for some consumptive use of water. However, it is <br /> <br /> <br />doubtful that this will have any measurable affect on water available to <br /> <br /> <br />wells in the lower portion of the basin. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Designated basin status <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The Camp Creek Designated Ground Water Basin was established in 1968 <br />by the Colorado Ground Water CommissiJn, but no ground-water management <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />district has been formed. <br />(see Figure 4) do not include <br /> <br />of <br /> <br />the <br /> <br />Camp Creek alluvium. <br /> <br />The boundaries as <br />any of the Morgan <br />Since the recommended <br /> <br />established <br />County portion <br />location of new <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />wells for the Morgan County Water District supply is in Morgan County, it <br /> <br /> <br />is apparent they will not be within the Designated Ground Water Basin <br /> <br /> <br />unless the boundaries are modified. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Present water quality <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Several water samples were collected from wells tapping the Camp Creek <br />alluvium during the summer of 1973. Analyses of these samples, and some <br />available from other sources, show considerable variation in the ground- <br />water quality. Figure 4 shows the total dissolved solids, hardness and <br />nitrates as measured at different points in the basin. This map shows <br />total dissolved solids were measured as low as 198 ppm (Sec. 1-3-j5) and <br />as high as 1346 ppm (Sec. 8-3-54) in wells only two miles apart. Likewise, <br />hardness measurements in the same two wells were the low and high for the <br />area--170 and 516 ppm, respectively. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />From the measurements taken, it is apparent that there is a zone of <br /> <br /> <br />poorer quality water in the area surrounding the five industrial wells. <br /> <br /> <br />No explanation is readily available for the anomo1y in quality, but it <br /> <br /> <br />should be investigated further before developing domestic and livestock <br /> <br /> <br />water supplies from this aquifer. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Nitrate levels of fairly high concentrations were measured in a <br /> <br /> <br />number of wells, although the pattern of high nitrates does not follow <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />- 10 - <br /> <br />M. W. BITTINGER AND ASSDCIATES, INC, <br />