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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locations are on broken meters, and two supply locations indicate faulty

readings or broken m~ters during the past year. Water use by the school

system as determined from the water records is considered unreliable and

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data on average daily use per student will be used for planning future

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water use requirements. (430 students x 50 gallons/student/day = 20,640

gpd ,average) .,I;L~,Uj ,

Excluding the school system and the commercial laundromat and using

average population figures over a three-year period, the water records

show an average use of 82 gallons per capita per day. The computation of

this average is shown in Table 2 below.

Table 2

Average Water Consumption - Bennett, Colorado

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Average
Gallons
per Quarter

Average
Population*

Average
Gallons
per Capita
per Quarter

Average
Gallons
per Capita
per Day

Annual Average for
period 7/1/72 to
6/30/73

6,090,379

772

7889

_86.5'

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Annual Average for
period 7/1/73 to
6/30/74

6,092,504

835.5

7292

79.9

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Annual Average for
period 7/1/74 to
6/30/75

6,612,394

908.5

7278 .

79.8

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Annual Average for
3-year period

6,265,092

838.7

7470

81.9

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Compiled from meter book records, Town of Bennett, Colorado

*Population projection by Adams County Planning Commission
1972-740; 1973-804; 1974-867; 1975-950

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