PROJ00441

• Contract/PO #: C153459
• Contractor Name: Loveland, City of
• Water District: 0
• County: Larimer
• Bill Number: XB 99-999
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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7.1 FUTURE VATER DEMANDS

The City staff provided the water demand forecasts for each scenario; these
are summarized in Table 7-1. Demand rates were computed as the sum of
anticipated residential and commercial/industrial use. It was assumed that
commercial water use will increase proportionately with population growth.
At the present, Loveland's existing industrial water users are relatively
small and as such industrial water use was also assumed to increase
proportionately with population. A future large industrial user of water
cannot be predicted, but would probably provide its own water supply, thus
such users were not considered. In summary, total water demand was
forecast at three rates; low, moderate, and high.

Variations in total demand during the year were estimated from City records
for the 1983-1985 period. The quantity of treated water produced each
month at the Loveland VIP was compared to the annual total; and the ratio
of monthly to annual production was reasonably consistent from one year to
the next. Typical ratios (expressed as a percentage) are presented in
Table 7-2; these values were used to estimate the monthly demands for each
of the scenarios shown on Table 7-1.

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7.2 ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL WATER RIGHTS AND WATER SUPPLIES

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Acquisition of additional water rights will be accompanied by population
growth as development converts irrigated farmland to subdivisions and
commercial/industrial uses. City staff estimated the acquisition of
additional water supplies for each of the growth scenarios defined above.
This effort included examination of past development patterns and how such
patterns change over time. Over the long-term, the density of development
tends to be evenly distributed over a given growth area while short-term
trends may be more irregular. The yield of a given water right will vary
depending upon the seniority and quantity of water under that right; water
rights will vary from one irrigation/ditch company to another.

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