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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and allowing many users of the system to operate for several months at a

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time on broken or faulty meters can amount to extremely high quantit~~s of un-

accounted for waterr Leaks can develop in the mains (or in the service lines

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on unmetered connectiOns) that can run for months without 'being detected.

Often times on fully metered systems, a leak will be detected first through

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the pump meter readings. Occasionally it may take several days to locate

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the point of leakage but at least the maintenance personnel are alerted

that a substantial leak has occurred and can be, looking for it. Without

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the meter readings the leak might run indefinitely.

The Town's annual appropriation of water as authorized by existin..f

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permits was shown previously in this report (wells no. 5 and 6 = 160

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acre-feet). In accordance with the population projection and the future

water, production requirements shown in Table 4, the Town will need addi-

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tionalappropriations in accordance with the following schedule:

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Annual Average Consumption Annual Appropriation
Year ,@ 200 gpcpd . Required
1975 190,000 gpd = 213 acre-feet
1980 295,000 gpd = 330 acre-feet
1985 400,000 gpd = 448 acre-feet
1990 500,000 gpd = 560 acre-feet
1995 600,000 gpd = 672 acre-feet
2000 700,000 gpd = 784 acre-feet
2005 800,000 gpd = 896 acre-feet
2010 900,000 gpd = 1008 acre-feet

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As previously noted in this report the Town should register wells No.

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1, 2 and 3 and start action to determine an annual appropriation on wel1s

No.1 through 4 from the State Engineer's office.

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