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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />6. Identify and evaluate sources of deep, non-tributary ground water including <br />Dakota Sandstone, Morrison Formation, Entrada Sandstone, and Windgate <br />Sandstone. <br /> <br />7. Analyze the water quality of the Colorado River, and determine treatment <br />requirements. Compare with State water quality standards. <br /> <br />POPULATION <br />Fruita's current population is estimated to be 3,100 people yielding a growth of <br />over thirty percent since 1977. Fruita's population is anticipated to grow <br />due to energy development in the area. Coal mining operations are now being <br />planned near Fruita at the present time. The Colorado West Area Council of <br />Governments projects average annual growth to range from 13.6 to 28.5 percent <br />in the next five years in their Scenario II projections. Even if these per- <br />centages do not materialize, Fruita is anticipated to have a growth rate of <br />4 percent annually. <br /> <br />WATER SUPPLY, STOFU.\\:it., .:::.-,7i.ic.., <br />The Town of Fruita's raw water source consists of reservoirs, springs, direct <br />flow diversions and pipelines in an area known as Pinion Mesa, located about <br />twenty miles south of the Town. The water is transmitted through various <br />diameters of pipeline ranging from 4-inch to 1D-inch from its source to their <br />water treatment plant located near the north boundary of the Colorado National <br />Monument. The water is treated by a conventional surface water treatment <br />process, pumped to a treated water storage tank on site and flows by gravity <br />through approximately two miles of a-inch transmission main to the Town's <br />distribution system. <br /> <br />The Town's di s tributi on system is connected to the Ute water o'i s:t:ri ct .<-"stem. <br />Meters and pressure reducing valves were installed at each connection. When <br /> <br />Fruita's distribution system pressure reaches a predetermined low, Ute water <br />is automatically supplied to the Town. The meters are read monthly by the <br />Ute district and Fruita is billed monthly for water used. In 1979, Ute <br />supplied supplemental water from January through AU9ust. No water was pur- <br />chased from Ute durin9 January through May of 1980; however, during June and <br />July supplemental water was required. <br /> <br />-2- <br />