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<br />. <br /> <br />:iD&::i <br /> <br />. ~-, ,(Gonornl-doscr,iption),-- <br /> <br />wntor supplied through those rights cnn bo supplemonted by tho oxist- <br />ing ~urtz Ditch transbasin divorsionwhich llvern~os about 250 ccre-feot <br />of wnter per year. Innsmuoh ns the civj storos transbasin wnter only <br />when sterage space is avnilnble in tho hendwators reservoirs, the muni- <br />cipal wator supply is dependent nl~st entirely upon diroct fl~n divor- <br />siens. <br /> <br />At present, ponk monthly domands o.re exocedin.s the amounts thnt cnn <br />be supplied threugh diroct diversien rights. Tho doficiencies o.ro being <br />mot ,lith tho small o.mount of trans basin we. ter in stero.ge o.nd with the <br />purchase ef water from other water users, It is o.pparont thnt Puoblo's <br />municipal ':Intor supply pro blom can ec.sily beoomo critical with an in- <br />oroc.so in the pepulo.tion of the L'Ctropolitnn croo.. TllO present qu::.lity <br />as '1011 as tho qucntity is not condu<rl.vo to tho growth of the city. <br /> <br />S07Cro.l oompe.nies furnish soft water for domestic uso. Soft <br />wc.tot servioe oo",pn.nies-furni'Sh zeolite softeners, connects them to <br />the housoholcl suppl;,' s:,'stom, and servicos then. There arc about 1,580 <br />softeners in the Pu0blo uroe. out of a possiblo 15,000. <br /> <br />= <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Industrio.l 1'In tor supplie s. --Railroads ore tho greatest industrial <br />usors of the city wllter supply. Consunption of the ':tchison, Topeka <br />and Santa Fe Railway and the Colorado c.nd Southern RaUm,y o.T.lounts to <br />about 11,500.000 ~allons per no nth. The Denvor and Rio Gro.ndo Westorn <br />Rc.ilroo.d nnd the ;iissouri Pacific Rc.ilroad obtain wntor from tho nU.Il1ici- <br />pal systom und fron their own wolls. All wctor used in boilers is <br />troo.ted. <br /> <br />The Lincoln Po.oki:1g COClpan:,', the oouthcrn Celoro.do Power Compc.ny, <br />and tho Celoro.do Fuol and Iron Corporo.tion ho.vo their own water supply. <br />The Lincoln Po.eking Conp::.ny Division of the ~~erice.n Stores Company, a <br />ne::.t po.cking concern, ho.s three cells drilled in the vnllcy alluvium, <br />and the conpany supply is coru1ectod to the city systen for ernorgency <br />purposes. The hardness of tho 1'1011 wnter is 30 grains por gallon (513 <br />parts per lJillio~J. The -.-rater for boiler use is tro::cted by zeolite. <br /> <br />The Southern Celore.do PovlOr COT,lpany obtains wcter from wells in tho <br />volley o.lluviun, which have 0. total capacity of 250 gallons por ninuto <br />o.nd frot! diversion~ froI.l tho Arkansas River. Tho viator is seftoned by. <br />oco.ns of zeolite f~ltors and by evaporation. One plant uses 1,245,000 <br />gallons por yoar of no.ke-up wator, and the other plant uses 590 000 <br />gallons. Tho totnl annucl consuapt~on of well water is 1 835 000 ~allons <br />C 1. t d' , , '" . <br />00 ~~ we er comos ~rootly from the br~o.nsns Rivor. Tho Wo.tor is re- <br />turned to thc rivor by way of tho old river channel. 1, oirculo.ting <br />pord locatod in thv old river ohnrulel is usod for an emergency supply. <br /> <br />-_._~----- <br /> <br />28 <br />