PROJ00300

• 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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three investigated and receives surface runoff from 400 square miles of

watershed area. Most of the runoff entering this area serves as recharge

to the ground-water system.

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Ground-water development in the area is apparently near the temporary

limit imposed by the Colorado Ground Water Commission. Thus utilization

of water from this supply by the Morgan County Quality Water District may

require transfer of a portion of the existing irrigation uses to domestic

ar.,'. municipal uses.

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The longevity of the ground-water quality in the Lost Creek alluvium
north of Highway I-80S is questionable because of poor quality ground water
upstream. However, if (1) the Colorado Ground Water Commission limits
development to the salvage of water historically consumed by evaporation
and transpiration and (2) the practice of spreading the surface flow of
Lost Creek over the land for ground-water recharge is continued, the quality
of the ground water should remain acceptable for at least ten years.

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References

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McGovern, Harold E., 1964, Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Washington
County, Colorado: U. S. Geological Survey Hater Supply Paper 1777,

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Nelson, Haley, Patterson and Quirk, 1967, Ground Hater Resources of the
Lost Creek Drainage Basin: Report prepared for the Colorado Ground Water
Commission.

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M. W. BITTINGER AND ASSOCIATES. INC.