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1.7 hourly use. To even out the fluctuation, treated water storage is provided throughout the system, Variations In monthly and seasonal demands are regu- lated by raw water storage. .' The magnitude of water use In the metropolitan area is Indicated by a news item appearing in the Denver Post an June 20, 1968 reporting the establish- ment of a new record for use of water by Denver area residents, The use on June 19. was 379,900,000 gallons which was greater than the previous record established on July 16, 1966 when 371,250,000 gallons were used. The newS Item stated that water use In Denver, because of lawns parched by the sun and wind, was unusually high for that time of year, and that the use for each four days of the week of June 17th exceeded 350,000,000 gallons per day. '. Figure I reflects the population growth for the City and County of Denver and for Arapahoe County, which includes part of Aurora and all of Englewood and Littleton, The data are derived from past census and from projections made by the Inter-County Regional Planning Commission. Based on the pre-' dicted population and an average per capita water demand of 200 gallons per day, the total raw water demand in the next three decades for District No.8 would be approximately as shown below: Year Combined Population Denver and Arapahoe County Estimated Average Annual Water Requirement (acre-feet) 1970 1975 1980 '1985 1990 1995 2000 675,000 744,000 795,000 855,000 915,000 957,000 1,000,000 151,000 166,000 178,000 191,000 204,000 214,000 224,000 The above figures are indicative only of the magnitude of municipal water demand which will occur in the future and which must be planned for by the cities concerned. , , "