WSP03206

• File Number: 8210.399
• Description: Ute Water Conservancy District
• State: CO
• Basin: Gunnison
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 6/1/1962
• Author: Western Engineers
• Title: Supplemental Engineering Report-Proposed Water System - June 1962
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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potential in order to arrive at an estimate of the number and
time the now existing potential users will avail themselves
of ute Water service. It is interesting and significant to
note that only 10.LI-2% of the replies received indicated they
would never have use for ute water, and that 48.33% will be
using ute water by the time the system has been in operation
one year.

It can logically be expected that the individuals who have
the strongest feelings, both for and against ute Water, would
be most likely to complete and return the questionaire. This
assumption makes the replies even more impressive when it is
realized that the vast majority of ute supporters have already
signed a ute tap agreement. It will be noted that although
no really logical reason exists for discounting these figures,
the table includes a column which shows an 80% calculation of
this indicated number of users. Even based on the conservative
80% figure, the questionaire indicated that 590 of the now
existing potential users will be ute users within the first
year after water becomes available.

Another item which tends to lend conservatism to the
analysis is the direct application of a percentage to the 37
users who h~d previously executed a Ute agreement. It seems
very probable that virtually any existing contractees who
received the questionaire would immediately inquire at the Ute
office in order to assure themselves that the office had a
proper record of their agreement and tap fee. Actually, no
such errors were found to exist, and the duplications primarily
resulted from instances where the REA billing was addressed to
a different member of the family than that indicated in the
Ute files.

Complete records have been kept on this survey, ino1uding
the mailing list, the names and addresses of those returning
the questionaires, and the replies which were received. A copy
of the questionaire form is prOVided in the supplement at the
end of this report.

There will undoubtedly be other changes and developments
which will affect the water requirement for the district. Up
to this timo most of these possibilities are intangible. How-
ever, certain definite information, although not covered by
contracts, has been given by the following:

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