SNOWMASS WATER AND SANITATION
MANAGER’S REPORT – February 17, 2012
GENERAL INFORMATION
WTP Production
Oct. 2009 – 35.385 MG
Nov. 2009 – 32.752 MG
Dec. 2009 – 49.247 MG
January 2010 – 53.281 MG
February 2010 – 43.729 MG
March 2010 – 47.351 MG
April 2010 – 37.792 MG
May 2010 – 41.513 MG
June 2010- 80.440 MG
July 2010- 81.956 MG
August 2010 – 69.240 MG
September 2010–61.748MG
October 2010 – 25.797 MG
November 2010-17.041 MG
December 2010-28.061 MG
January 2011 – 29.459 MG
Oct. 2010 – 25.797 MG
Nov. 2010 – 17.041 MG
Dec. 2010 – 28.061 MG
January 2011 – 29.459 MG
February 2011 – 27.037 MG
March 2011 – 31.854 MG
April 2011 – 20.137 MG
May 2011 – 20.569
June 2011- 67.724 MG
July 2011- 78.436 MG
August 2011 – 78.205 MG
September 2011 -59.072MG
October 2011 – 25.455 MG
November 2011-16.987 MG
December 2011-28.243 MG
January 2012-29.623 MG
Decrease 27%
Decrease 48%
Decrease 43%
Decrease 45%
Decrease 38%
Decrease 33%
Decrease 47%
Decrease 50%
Decrease 16%
Decrease 4%
Increase13%
Decrease 4%
Decrease 1.3%
Decrease 0.3%
Increase 0.6%
Increase 0.01%
Yearly WTP production has steadily dropped:
2009 – 662.884 MG
2010 – 593.949 MG
2011 – 483 MG
Snowmass Creek Average Flows
December 2009 – 10.95 CFS
January 2010 – 10.17 CFS
February 2010 – 9.23 CFS
March 2010 – 8.16 CFS
April 2010 – 26.54 CFS
May 2010 – 70.88 CFS
June 2010- 391.88 CFS
July 2010- 154.99 CFS
August 2010 –66.12 CFS
September 2010- 27.18 CFS
October 2010 – 21.75 CFS
November 2010 – 17.23 CFS
December 2010 – 14.52 CFS
January 2011 – 12.97 CFS
December 2010 – 14.52 CFS
January 2011 – 12.96 CFS
February 2011 – 11.05 CFS
March 2011 – 9.89 CFS
April 2011 – 13.11 CFS
May 2011 - 49.05 CFS
June 2011- 361.30 CFS
July 2011- 387.57 CFS
August 2011 –94.31 CFS
September 2011- 40.5 CFS
October 2011 – 29.81 CFS
November 2011 – 18.55 CFS
December 2011 – 12.49 CFS
January 2012 – 11.83 CFS
Manager’s Report – continued
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Water Conservation Plan
Clay Wade, from McLaughlin Engineering, will help with the submittal of our Water
Conservation Plan to the CWCB. The CWCB requires that submittals be prepared by a
registered engineer. Kit put the original plan together that was presented and approved
by the District board. Clay will now take all of the measures that were originally
approved and submit them to the Colorado Water Conservation Board.
American Society of Dam Safety Officials
Wheeler and URS are preparing an abstract about the construction of Ziegler Reservoir
that will be submitted to the American Society of Dam Safety Officials review
committee. If the committee chooses their abstract, Wheeler and URS will submit a
technical paper for presentation at ASDSO’s September meeting in Denver. The
District has been requested to prepare a short paper on the challenges faced by the
owner.
Colorado River Water Conservation District Grant
Included is an application for a grant from the Colorado River Water Conservation
District. David Lady, URS, and I prepared the grant application that I submitted last
week. I’ve contacted John Currier, CRWCD Chief Engineer and Dave Kanzer, Senior
Water Resources Engineer, and hope to meet with them this week to discuss our
project.
ACEC Article
Included is the quarterly publication of the American Council of Engineering Companies
that includes an article about Ziegler Reservoir.
Nova “Ice Age Death Trap” Television Special
The National Geographic NOVA Special about the paleontological find at Ziegler
Reservoir was shown on February 1st and on the 5th.
Colorado Water Conservation Board Presentation
I recently talked with Kirk Russell, PE, CWCB Chief Finance Section, about the January
meeting of the CWCB. Jeff Pigotti, lead scientist from the USGS, made a presentation
on Ziegler Reservoir and the fossil find. Kirk said CWCB board members commended
the District in completing this project, on-time and on-budget and were amazed that the
reservoir was completed considering all of the adversities. The Board also commended
the District in their cooperative relationship, working with DMNS and the USGS.
History Colorado Presidents Award
On February 1, Joe Enzer (Enzer Consulting) and I accepted the History Colorado
Presidents Award on behalf of the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District at the new
History Colorado museum in Denver.
SWSD Presentation to Town Council
On February 6th, Rhonda and I made a presentation to the TOSV town council about
the state of the District. Rhonda discussed the Wheeler report, carrying capacity and
buildout and I discussed our success in reducing WTP production, our water
conservation plan and plans for the future.
Upcoming Issues/Discussions
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SWSD Rules and Regulations Rewrite
I’ve completed the rewrite of the Rules and Regulations. Mark will review the
final draft before I will recommend approval to the board. Since several
sections of the Rules and Regs. were rescinded by the Board in 2008, the
amended Rules and Regulations should be accepted before any line extensions
are approved.
Discussion
AT & T Tree Pole
I’ve been contacted by Scott Harry – SureSite Consulting Group, about using our site to erect
a tree pole to be used by AT & T. You may remember in August 2010 we were contacted by a
representative of AT & T to use the WWTP site for a tree pole that would be located east of our
Administration offices. Since then they have looked at other sites but would like to consider
using the District’s site.
Snowmass/Capital Creek Caucus Report
If time allows, I wanted to discuss the Snowmass/Capital Creek Caucus “Snowmass
Buildout Impact Study”.
Chelsea Congdon Brundige has asked me to meet with Tim McFlynn, Dave Nixa and her next
week to discuss the assumptions in the report.
Kit Hamby