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the first discussions with Louisville had to do with the Sanitary Sewer Treatment facility. They met with representatives from Louisville, Lafayette, Erie, Boulder, and Boulder County to discuss the location of their sewer treatment plant and the type of treatment. They circulated reports by the various cities. Then, it went through the process with DRCOG and then to a vote. When they broke ground in 1989 they drilled deep wells, which are low production wells, 15 gallons per minute. In 1987, they bought 35 units of the Windy Gap water from Estes Park. The 35 units with reuse calculated out to approximately 8,000 units. Now their projections are for less units. They now have excess Windy Gap water. Superior has a new sewer plant, which is an advanced waste treatment facility that can treat up to 2.2 million gallons per day as it stages up. As Louisville became closer to reality to their plant, Mandrich saw an opportunity for Louisville to make money and for Superior to save money. He stated that Louisville has a plant at 5 million gallons per day that expands at a very reasonable cost to 10 million gallons per day, but from day one Louisville is using it for .5 .. Mandrich stated that he missed a step - In between th~ ~i~ling of the wells Superior built the water treatment plant. They have a terminal reservoir on the project, which is 100 acre foot reservoir. They proceeded with their plans for Superior's ultimate water treatment plant. They acquired 16 acres west of McCaslin and 40 acres from Dayhoffer for their terminal reservoir. Superior has approved construction plans approved by the State for the terminal reservoir, 400 acre feet. Superior has its construction plans for a water treatment plant that expands up to 5 million gallons per day. If an agreement can't be reached with Louisville, both cities will have two water treatment plants that will be under utilized. From the sense of economics and the location of Louisville's plant, the pressure zone, it made sense to Mandrich that Louisville would have an additional source of income to pay for the unused capacity and Superior could delay its plant, which saves them money. Sisk: What do you expect your water treatment plant to cost you? Mandrich: It'll cost about $1 million. Sisk: Do you have the financing in place build the plant? Mandrich: No. The last time we need money we bought the bonds back. Our home building entity bought with an insurance company, 12.9 million of bonds. Sisk: You've indicated that the water you're seeking to treat is only for domestic purposes. Is that right? 16