PROJ00507

• Contract/PO #: C153513
• Contractor Name: Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
• Water District: 0
• County: Montezuma
• Bill Number: XB 99-999
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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4.0 TOWAOC MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS

Both the 1987 Senate Bi 11 27 that appropri ated project fundi ng and the Ute
Water Ri ghts Sett1 ement refer to the Towaoc Pi peli ne Project wi thout bei ng
specifi c on the extent of work requi red for the Towaoc di stri buti on system.
The contract for thi s feasi bil i ty report requi res i denti fi cati on, eval uati 011,
and priority recommendations of possible improvements within the Towaoc
distribution system. The scope of work for the feasibility study specifically
requires that a preliminary plan and cost estimates be preoared for facilities
to serve a number of residents near the Mancos River in the southern portions
of the reservation, about 10 miles south of Towaoc.

The scope of work for this component of the feasibility study also calls for
model i ng of the di stri buti on system to all ow eva 1 uati on of flow and pressure
conditions, both under existing conditions and with potential improvements.
While these specific components of the feasibilitv study have been
accomplished and are discussed herein, there has been no definitive budgetary
figure set for expenditures for the possible Towaoc imorovements.

In thi s analysi s we have assumed that the $6,000,000 state appropri ati 011 is
available to cover the total construction cost of the pipeline and municipal
improvements costs, and associ ated engi neeri ng costs. Under such a premi se,
the financial resources available for the municipal improvements will be a
function of the final cost of the pipeline construction, engineering services
for design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction management. In this
chapter, cost summaries are presented to illustrate what level of potential
improvements coul d be constructed without an adt1i ti onal appropri ati on. The
oro[losed Towaoc muni ci pal improvements eval uated in thi s chaoter have '>een
deve loped in consul tati on wi th the Tri be's enqi neeri nq representati ve, the
Tribe's planning department, the State, and the Tribe's water system ooerators.

The municipal water system master plan preoared in 1985 by Chapman and
Associates was reviewed in detail, and many of the recol111lent1et1 actions of that
investigation have either been implemented prior to this time or are includet1
in components of improvements considered in this report.

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