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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DESIGN PERIOD AND POPU~TION PROJECTION

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An analysis of the water supply and storage requirements presented

in Tables 4 and 5 indicate the need for two periods of major capital

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improvements. The first improvements to supply and storage should occur at

the earliest possible construction date; certainly these improvements should

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be completed and in service within the next 18 months to two years. These

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improvements are expected to meet the requirements for supply and storage

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for a 20-year period, through year 1995. At the end of this period, a
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second improvement program is expected to be necessary as dictated by

water use and population growth. These improvements are expected to meet

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the requirements for supply and storage for a 15-year period, through year

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201rr.!. The second stage i=provements could be accelerated or delayed a

few years as dictated by prevailing conditions. The total design period

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used in this report for projecting water supply and storage requirements

is 35 years, through year 2010.

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A population projection for the Town of Bennett was prepared by the

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Adams County Planning Department in 1974 as a part of the Comprehensive

Development Plan for the Town. The County projection, extending through

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the year 1990, was reviewed and compared with projection data derived and

used by other agencies. The median projection of 2500 by the year 1990

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is deemed reasonable. and was accepted for use in this report. The County's

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population projection was extended to year 2010 and is shown on Figure II.

It should be realized that attempting to project population growth over an

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extended period of time, no matter how sophisticated the methods used, is

subject to many complex and fluctuating variables and the only sure thing

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that can be said about a long-range projection is that it will be,inaccurate.

With this in mind, a population projection must be established as a basis

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for design and the projections shown in Figure II will be used.

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