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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I A. I. INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND INFORMATION 1. Service Area. The water system which provides domestic potable water for the Town of Norwood and adjacent rural areas has historically been known as the Norwood/Wrights Mesa water system. The rural service area includes most of the Wrights Mesa area, which extends northwest of Norwood, plus additional adjacent rural areas to the east and south. It covers parts of both San Miguel and Montrose counties. A vicinity map of the area is shown in Figure I-A. The Norwood-Wrights Mesa water system is a cooperative effort of the Town of Norwood and the San Miguel Water conservancy District. Under an Agreement signed on December 23, 1992, the two entities formed a single entity (the Town of Norwood Water Commission) for construction and operations of facilities for supply, storage, treatment and transmission of water. As indicated above, the Town of Norwood is only one component of the water system, both in terms of service area and administration. However, for convenience in this report, all facilities will be referred to simply as the "Norwood system", "Norwood tank", etc., since Norwood is the most readily identifiable entity and the system has traditionally been maintained by the Town. The governing entity is simply referred to as "Norwood". 2. Problems with Raw Water Svstem. The primary source of raw water for the Norwood system is the Gurley Reservoir system, which provides irrigation water to agricultural lands in the rural area surrounding Norwood. The Gurley irrigation system consists of Gurley Reservoir, which has a capacity of 11,400 acre feet, and the Upper and Lower Gurley ditches. Norwood has a headgate on the lower ditch, through which raw water is conveyed to the Town's storage and treatment facilities. Norwood also obtains supplemental water from infiltration pipes in Gurley canyon near the headgate. I-I