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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />UJD856 <br /> <br />as shown in Table V-O of the Engineering Report, are not <br />applioable. The rates, as shown, are only slightly more than <br />half the total paid by the users for water and an additional <br />tax levy of almost 16 mills is made. Water rates are actually <br />determined as follows: <br /> <br />Minimum To Palisade (5,000 gallons/month) <br />Billing Oharges To Palidade per month <br />Oharges By Vineland Distriot <br />(5,000 gallons.month) <br />Aotual Minimum Monthly Oharge <br /> <br />$3.96 <br />.25 <br /> <br />3.96 <br />$8.17 <br /> <br />The oost, to the user, for water in exoess of 5,000 <br />gallons for the average of 8,250 gallons is oaloulated at the <br />rate of $.80 per thousand gallons. Thus the actual average <br />total monthly oost including taxes of approximately $5.00 per <br />month is $15.77. <br /> <br />Water pressures in Palisade are relatively high, but most <br />of the outside service areas are at higher elevations. When <br />the Mount Linooln District was oonsidering oontraoting for <br />Palisade water, a series of pressure readings were taken in the <br />vicinity of Mount Linooln Oommunity Hall, located west of <br />Palisade. Pressures at that location ranged from 80 to 100 lbs. <br />per square inoh. This looation is lower than most of the out- <br />side servioe area of Palisade so it is doubtful if average <br />pressures are unreasonably high. <br /> <br />The Vinelands Distriot, although small in size, is <br />considered oomparable to the East Orohard Mesa Agrioultural <br />Area, the Mount Linooln Area, and other areas whioh are pri- <br />marily devoted to fruit produotion. <br /> <br />Information on water use within the Vinelands District <br />and the Olifton Distriot was not oonsidered applioable to the <br />general farming areas of the Ute Distriot beoause of the great <br />differenoe in needs and potential. However, information on <br />rural water systems, in the Delta-Montrose area is oonsidered <br />applioable to these general farming areas. A study of water <br />use reoords on systems having a total of 190 general farm users, <br />receiving water from six systems in that area, indioates that <br />average monthly use per farm is 8,665 gallons. <br /> <br />- 22 - <br /> <br />e <br />~~,c~~ <br />