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<br />maximum capacity. Therefore, additional supply facilities, com- <br /> <br />bined with improvements in the existing system, are necessary in <br /> <br />the immediate future to meet peak demands. <br /> <br />The ability of the present water facilities to meet fire-flow <br /> <br />demands in accordance with the Mountain states Inspection Bureau <br /> <br />requirements is practically non-existent. The distribution mains <br /> <br />are undersized and result in deadends in many locations. Fire <br /> <br />hydrants are inadequately spaced, undersized, and almost inoperable, <br /> <br />due to age, non-use, and abuse. <br /> <br />CURRENT STATUS <br /> <br />In January of 1975, the town of Bennett submitted a request <br /> <br />to the ColoradO Water Conservation Board for assistance in solving <br /> <br />its water supply problems. Subsequently, and through joint funding <br /> <br />by the Board and the town of Bennett, an engineering feasibility <br /> <br />report on the town's water prOblems was undertaken and prepared by <br /> <br />Mccall-Ellingson and Morrill, Inc., an engineering firm of Denver, <br /> <br />Colorado. In the report, the consultants isolated the problems and <br /> <br />proposed solutions to them. The feasibility report, with minor <br /> <br />revisions and clarifications requested by the Board, was accepted <br /> <br />by the town of Bennet and the Board. since then, the town of Bennett <br /> <br />has changed consulting engineers and now employs Merrick and company <br /> <br />of Denver, Colorado. Assistance has been applied for with the <br /> <br />Farmers Home Administration to help fund construction of the proposed <br /> <br />storage facility of the project. <br /> <br />2421 <br /> <br />-2- <br />