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<br />.~ .. .... - <br />1 J. ;",j <br /> <br />SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Located within the acquisition boundary are the three small communities <br />of Weldona, Goodrich, and Orchard. Currently these communities have a <br />total estimated population of 250 with 98 occupied households. Eight <br />small businesses are operating within these communities. Little <br />change has been shown in any of the communities over the past decade. <br /> <br />In the surrounding rural areas, within the land acquisition boundary, <br /> <br />there are 133 occupied households with an estimated population of 475. <br />Of the total 231 occupied households, 40 are mobile homes. The majority <br />of the dwellings were built prior to 1939. <br /> <br />The Weldon Valley schools, located in Weldona, serve the majority of <br /> <br />students within the acquisition area. <br /> <br />During the 1981-1982 school <br /> <br />year, a total of 150 students were enrolled. Enrollments have declined <br /> <br />33 percent over the past decade. <br /> <br />Municipal and Industrial Pipel ine <br /> <br />The Morgan County Qual ity Water District began serving domestic water <br /> <br />suppl ies in the fall of 1978 to a 1 arge segment of the population in <br /> <br />the Narrows Reservoir area. The district has 99 customers in the <br /> <br />acquisition area served by approximately 90 miles of pipeline. It is <br /> <br /> <br />estimated that approximately 10 percent of the customers and 10 percent <br /> <br />of the water sale revenues would be lost to the district with the <br /> <br />construction of the Narrows Unit. <br /> <br />7 <br />