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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Feasibility Study for the The Town of Georgetown Water Rights Acquisitiou Project Project Sponsor The Town of Georgetown is a Territorial Charter Town formed in accordance with CRS 31-1-203. A copy of the Georgetown Charter is found in Appendix A. Georgetown is located 45 miles west of Denver, in clear Creek County. The Town's existing water supply is provided by a water right in Leavenworth Creek dated 1866. Raw water facilities, built over the past 100 years, consist of a diversions on Leavenworth Creek and South Clear Creek, the Town Reservoir, and a raw water pipeline to the filtration plant. These facilities are shown on the map on page 3. The Town has 488 water taps. There are 388 residential customers, 68 commercial customers and 32 other customers. Project Service Area The service area for the Town of Georgetown coincides with the Town itself. See map, page 3. Need for the Project The Town of Georgetown owns two water rights in Leavenworth Creek - South Clear Creek. These water rights are out of priority an average of 75 days per year, based on a 1990 Water Rights Evaluation conducted by MWE for a period of record from 1950 to 1985. (See Appendix E.) During the period from about November 10 through March 20, Georgetown's 1/10/1866 appropriation is in priority; however, during the remainder of the year this water right is subject to be called out by downstream appropriators with more senior water rights. During a dry year similar to 1954, Georgetown's water right could legally divert for only a few days during the summer under strict administration by the State Engineer. Raw water storage consists of the Town Reservoir with capacity of 0.286 acre feet, amounting to less that a 1 day backup supply. The Town needs to acquire water rights to support existing domestic requirements. Georgetown may also need to acquire water rights to augment losses due to evaporation from Georgetown Lake, located below the Town, on Clear Creek. The State Water Commissioner has estimated that annual evaporation is about 90 acre feet. However, it has not been determined with certainty that Georgetown is indeed responsible for this evaporative loss, and this issue will not be the basis of need for this project. Refer to Appendix Band C. According to the most recent census data available, the population of Georgetown is 923. Assuming a population of 1000, the estimated in-house use amounts to 0.1 MGD (l00 gpd/person) or 112 acre- feet per year.