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<br />PROJECT SUMMARY <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />The town of Eagle, Colorado has taken water out of Brush Creek since <br /> <br />about 1910, but has not really secured any adequate water rights. Several <br /> <br />engineering studies have been made and several capital improvement projects <br /> <br />built. The latest of these projects was built in 1970-71, when the town <br /> <br />spent in excess of $300,000 to construct a treated water transmission line, <br /> <br />water treatment facility, settling ponds, and intake structure. Even though <br /> <br />the water treatment facility is one of the finest of its kind in the state, <br /> <br />it is not sufficient to adequately filter the turbid water out of Brush <br /> <br />Creek during the spring run-off without auxiliary filtration. <br /> <br />The existing water system is deficient in the following areas: the <br /> <br />distribution system; water rights; raw water transmission line; storage; <br /> <br />adequate filtering facilities; and, settling ponds. The distribution sys- <br /> <br />tem is undersized and considerable fire hydrants are fed from a four inch <br /> <br />distribution line; the town does not own an adequate water right of a low <br /> <br />priority to adequately serve the needs of the domestic water services of <br /> <br />the town of Eagle; much of the raw water line is in a deteriorating condi- <br /> <br />tion and should be replaced; there is not enough,storage for fire protection; <br /> <br />and the filtering facilities were designed to treat raw water with a max- <br /> <br />imum of ten Jackson Turb~dity Units (jtu); and the settling ponds do not <br />have enough retention time to settle the colloidal material in the raw water. <br /> <br />In this report an analysis was made of the deficiencies in the water <br /> <br />system of the town of Eagle, the repayment capacity of the town, and the <br /> <br />estimated construction cost of the proposed facilities. There were three <br /> <br />alternates proposed. Alternate Number One is the rehabilitation and replace- <br /> <br />ment, where necessary, of the distribution system, raw water transmission line, <br /> <br />treatment facilities, construction of rough filters at the settling ponds, and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />, <br />