PROJ00515

• Contract/PO #: FS0019X
• Contractor Name: Turkey Creek Snowball Creek Project CWRPDA 1985
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 0
• County: Archuleta
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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Mr. Bill Lorah of Wright Water Engineers, East Fork's consultant,
provided the following information on East Fork's plans. The development
is still in the early design stages. The projected population will require
a 1.5 MGD wastewater plant. East Fork currently has conditional and
absolute water rights for irrigation and domestic purposes, although it may
be interested in between 200 to 500 acre-feet in the later stages of its
development. Even so, their plans are changing daily and East Fork could
not make any commitments at this stage of development.

The Pagosa Sawmill Investment Company has plans for a development
called "The Crossroads of Pagosa Springs." Development plans call for a
maximum "buildout" of 535 residential units, including a hospital,
restaurants, and office space (Gamba). Water for the development would
probably come from the San Juan River, from wells, or from an expansion of
Pagosa Springs' water supply. Water could be supplied by installing a
pipeline from Pagosa Springs to the Crossroads Development. This
development is located just east of Pagosa Springs' town limits. Kurt
Christensen of the Pagosa Sawmill Investment Company reports that the
project is on schedule. A well has been developed for the property, and
measurements over the past year indicate a yield of between 250 and 400
gallons per minute. The well produces potable water without treatment.

The Investment Company's current plans are to construct a distribution
system, an 85,000 gallon storage tank, and an interconnect line with the
Archuleta Water Company. The Investment Company would deed the system to
Pagosa Springs in exchange for free water taps. The water demands
estimated in the reconnaissance study have not changed. The well described
earlier has not been monitored during a drought year, so the effects on
yields are unknown. If the well is assumed to yield 250 gpm during a
drought, that equates to 403 acre-feet per year. The estimated water use
for "Crossroads" at peak buildout is 413 acre-feet. It appears from these
calculations that "Crossroads" will produce as much water as the
development uses and, therefore, no reservoir storage is requi~ed.

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