From The Durango Herald (Dale Rodebaugh):
The town of Bayfield and the La Plata-Archuleta Water District signed an agreement Tuesday to expand the town’s water-treatment plant. Under the agreement, the district will pay for the work, a more economical solution than building its own treatment plant. The district estimates the cost of plant expansion at $5 million. Capacity would be increased from 1.5 million gallons a day to 2.5 mgd. The plant currently treats 900,000 gallons a day.
Water already is available to the district through a contract with the Pine River Irrigation District.
No one from the public commented on the plan at the town council meeting Tuesday, said Steve Harris, the district’s engineer. “We’ve been working on this for eight or nine months,” Town Manager Chris La May said. “We think that by working together we can provide economical water service for users in Bayfield and the water district.”
A pipeline that will follow Bayfield Parkway and then County Road 509 southward is the first step, Harris said. “That is the closest point where there are residents who want water,” Harris said.
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