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<br />and the City of San Marcos Water Department on proposed water system <br />upgrades. When further information was received on the Lowmans' <br />Ranch development, a new alternative was considered. Because more <br />specific information was provided from the Lowmans' Ranch development <br />detailing their water needs, the new alternative was outlined with more <br />detail as to the phasing of the basin system into 3 distinct phases. <br />This new alternative involved initially installing transmission lines to <br />ser\ice only the Lowmans' Ranch and Cottonwood Creek Park <br />developments west of IH-35 (Figure 8). Wells and a standpipe water <br />storage tank were also proposed to be built initially within the Lowmans' <br />Ranch development since under this alternative the new lines would not <br />be connected to the existing San l\larcos system until phase II. <br />Additional facilities, such as elevated storage, were also located to <br />better supply the more specific needs of Lowmans' Ranch. <br /> <br />Because the needs of the proposed development are more specifically <br />outlined in the second alternath"e, it was chosen as the proposed <br />alternative. The use of a standpipe and a well to be cons:ructed on <br />McCarty Lane at the 770 foot contour has been intergrated into the <br />ultimate system. The facilities and the connecting pipe are to be <br />constructed at the cost of a new development, not specified in this <br />report. The proposed facilities include two 1 núllion gallon and one <br />500,000 gallon ground storage tank, a 105,000 gallon elevated storage <br />tank, an additional 100,000 gallon elevated storage tank, a 350,000 <br />gallon and a 500,000 gallon standpipe, a pump station with a final firm <br />capacity of 1000 gpm, an additional pumping station v.ith a final firm <br />capacity of 1500 gpm, five wells with a capacity of 1,000 gpm each, and <br />approximately 35 miles of water transmission line ranging from 8 inches <br />to 20 inches in diameter. <br /> <br />The total estimated cost of the proposed facilities to supply water to the <br />study area through the year 2005 is approximately $11,400,000. The <br />total cost to Lowman Ranch MUD is estimated to be $2,200,000 or 19.5%, <br />and the total cost of Cottonwood Creek Park is approximately $400,000 <br />or 3.2%. These costs represent those necessary to build a complete <br /> <br />JONES ð: NEUSE <br /> <br />J <br />./ <br />