PROJ00504

• Contract/PO #: C153334
• Contractor Name: Henry Waneka Mutual Reservoir Company c/o City of
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 6
• County: Boulder
• Bill Number: FSA
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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below, and a sUllunary of the revenues presented 1n Table-IO (page 50).

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1 - Connection Fees
The water utility connection fees or tap fees currently used
by the City of Lafayette are presented in Table-2. The amount of
water allocated per tap has been defined in the Lafayette ordinance
No. 912 dated May 5, 1981. A typical single family detached dwelling
unit is allocated one Service Unit, which is equivalent to 450 gallons
per day (0.50 AF/year per dwelling). This allocation is based on the
historic use of the City and the average dwelling occupancy rate
determined from the 1980 census. Table-8 (page 48) presents the yearly
total treated water from 1963 to 1980 in acre-feet. The demand over
this period has increased from about 700 AF/year to over 1700 AF/year.
A per capita rate was also computed based upon the available population
data. This rate varied from 0.16 to 0.25 AF/CAP/YR with an average rate
of 0.20 AF/CAP/YR.

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The 1980 census reported a dwelling occupancy rate from 2.3 to
2.9 with an average of 2.5 persons/dwelling. Using 2.5 persons/
dwelling and 0.20 AF/CAP/YR results in an average demand of 0.50 AF/
dwelling/YR (450 gallons/day/dwelling) which substantiates ordinance
No. 912 values.

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Since the City currently owns 62% of the shares in Waneka, then
62% of the additional storage generated could be used for residential
water. This translates into approximately 110 AF/year (approximately
220 taps) for rehabilitation and approximately 220 AF/year (approximately
440 taps) for the Enlargement alternative. These taps would be issued
over a five year period, which is well below the present yearly allo-

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cation at 250 taps. These taps considered to be applicable for
single family residential only. The tap fees will also be escalated
at the rate of 8% per year every fourth year which is consistent with

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other assumptions.

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