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Mll'll:imum Month Demand 1Jlp.~l'\1n;T). The maximum month demand is 12% of total annual flow and summer use (June-Aug.) is 33% of total annual use. A supp1y-demand analysis will be used to calculate storage. 3. Wau,r Required by Ute Treatment Plant. Normal OpP.rations. The Ute water treatment plant, which is located about 1 mile north of the confluence of the Rapid Creek and Cottonwood Creek pipelines, receives its primary Water supply from a pipeline coming down Plateau Creek. This pipeline is scheduled for reconstruction in the years 1998 and 1999. Ute Water plant can also pump water out of the Colorado River during emergencies or shortages. As mentioned, small amounts of Town water have been provided through the Town's Cottonwood Creek and R.apid Creek pipelines to the Ute plant. This is excess water which the Town of Palisade has sold to the Ute Water Conservancy District. This lI1TlII\gement is beneficial to Ute Water for several reasons. a. The Plateau Canyon pipeline has a capacity of 10 mgd. When water demand exceeds this, Ute Water must obtain water from supplemental sources. It is possible to pUInp water from the Colorado River, but this water is of lower quality. Therefore, Ute prefers to use water from the Rapid Creek basin as much as possible. b. It provides a backup gravity source of water in case of a pump malfunction. The contract under which the Town of Palisade sells and conveys water to the Ute Water Conservancy plant is a short term agreement which is normally renewed on a year-ta-year basis. In the past, the amounts that Palisade has generally sold have been less than 20 acre feet per year. Most of this water is delivered at a relatively small rate since there is limited excess capacity in the existing pipelines. (The exa<:t flow rate is unknown since there is no way to meter flow in any of the pipes.) For purposes of this report, a flow rate of 0.5 MGD will be assumed; this is probably higher than previous delivery rates. The water which Palisade sells l() Ute Water is surplus water which is not needed at the present time. Therefore, there is a benefit to the Town to provide Ute with this water. H()wever, it is necessary for the Town to place some constraints on the amount of water provided to Ute. One main reason is that the surplus is limited and eventually they will need all this water as growth continues in the Palisade service area. The second concern of the Town is that in order to deliver water to Ute Water, it is necessary to blend V-7 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I