PROJ00464

• Contract/PO #: FS0001X
• Contractor Name: Bennett, Town of
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 0
• County: Adams
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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II - WATER: EXISTING FACILITIES

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A. WATER REQUlREME:NTS

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Water produced for consumption from the Bennett water supply system

may be subdivided into three catagories: (1) permanent connections, both

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metered and unmetered, for residential and commercial consumers,

(2) temporary connections for fire fighting and bulk water sales to tank

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trucks and (3) losses due to pipeline leaks, pipeline breaks, hydrant and

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line flushing, and slow or broken meters.

The water system currently serves 295 dwelling and commercial units.

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While a majority of consumers on the system are provided metered service,

there are numerous multi-unit services, unmetered services, and services

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with broken or defective meters. The following tabulation shows the number

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of units in each catagory and indicates the need for a continuing meter

maint~nance program.

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Number

% of
Total

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Single unit metered services
Multi-unit metered services

169

80

57.3%
27.1%

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Single units with broken or
defective meters

25

8.5%

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Multi-units with broken or
defective meters .,

Unmetered single unit services

Unmetered multi-unit services

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Total units

6

11
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295

2.0%

3.7%
1.4%
100.0%

Only two users on the system need to be considered as special purpose

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users (i.e., other than normal domestic users). One is the commercial

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laundromat which uses about 2500 gallons/day (three-year average 2453 gpd)

and the second is the school system. The schools are presently supplied

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at seven supply locations; one is an unmetered service, two supply

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