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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The next obvious
expansion occurring?1I
boundaries of the ute

question is "Where is this population ,
It is primarily concentrated within the
Water Conservanoy District.

As a resident of Grand Junction and the Grand Valley for
approximately 20 years, this writer has become generally
familiar with the development of the area and the trends, as
described above, were common knowledge. The fact that plans
for a domestic water system for the Grand Valley have been
under consideration since 1952 aroused more interest than might
otherwise have been the case. As a result of these observa-
tions, detailed studies were conducted to secure data which
would show the rate of growth in various areas, the type of
growth and the effect of the growth on the ute District.

In order to make this study, information was secured from
the Mesa County Planning Commission, from a 1960 report by the
Bureau of Business Research of the University of Colorado, and
from other public and private sources.

Every county building permit issued between 1956 to
April 1962 Was examined to check location, value and size.
(See Table A-I)

Oounty building permits are not required where the con-
centration of population is light. For this reason, not all
new construction is reported to the planning office and its
information is not complete. However, up to the present time,
the unreported construction is not considered significant.

To assist in analyzing the potential of the Ute District,
the Grand Valley and the district were separated into two main
categories and these two categories were further broken down
into typical areas. The chief distinguishing separating the
categories involved their classification as predcminately
farms and ranches, or predominately suburban-residential or
commercial.

The farming areas were further broken down as to type
of farming. The other areas were broken down according to
average value and size of residential properties, the existence
and effeot of commercial and business establishments and other
factors which influence the particular areas. Typical non-farm
areas which have been considered separately are described as
follows:

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