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<br />'- <br /> <br />;;:- .~" ([ .'-~' <br />U'oY..;.," <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The energy consumed for annual operation includes 58,128 gallons of LP <br />gas for heating and 780,640 kilowatt hours of electricity. <br /> <br />The treatment plant will produce 6,570 million gallons of purified water <br />per year. The estimated sludge accumulation will be 2,000 cubic yards <br />annually and it will be disposed of on adjacent ranch lands. One acre <br />of land should be able to accumulate the sludge for 20 years. There will <br />be a loss of wash-water to evaporation and percolation during the treat- <br />ment process. Increased vegetation growth will occur along the channel <br />below the sludge beds. <br /> <br />3. Impacts of Population Growth <br /> <br />Growth in population is due to the phenomena of continuous recycling of <br />a community's resources. According to W. R. Butcher (1974), a community <br />is a producer and consumer of goods and services. The community's output <br />depends on the amounts and types of resources employed and technology <br />used. The community has a stock of resources - natural, human, and man- <br />made that may be increased or decreased by trade with other areas. Once <br />equilibrium is reached there will be no tendency to change unless some- <br />thing happens to upset the equilibrium. Thus, growth occurs only in <br />response to some change that disturbs the system, moving it out of <br />equilibriUIll in a way that results in growth in the community's size. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Such a change in equilibrium could result from the further development of <br />the community's stock of resources which could include water. Water is <br />used for input in production processes and for direct consumer purposes, <br />such as households or recreation. Municipal and industrial water supplies <br />may aid communities in attracting industry and stimulating employment and <br />income (D. W. Bromley and R. L. Barrons, 1974). In other words community <br />\ growth requires further development of resources withjn_aud_outside-of <br />._ ___tbe_met-ropolitari.-area. <br /> <br />According to the Environmental Protection Agency (1977), projected water <br />resource developments in the project area will include the following: <br />(1) raw water needs will increase the demand for western slope diversions, <br />(2) demand for groundwater supplies will increase, and (3) a need to reuse <br />wastewater will increase. <br /> <br />Other resources would be committed to the construction industry to build <br />homes, office buildings, schools, fire houses, hospitals, churches, police <br />stations, roads, utilities, and park facilities (Environmental Protection <br />Agency, 1977). According to construction representatives, more people <br />would be employed and the salaries would have an economic multiplier effect <br />due to the money spent for goods and services within the community. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />IV-22 <br />