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 X  -  TO:44 COMMISSIONER NELSON
44 COMMISSIONER SMITH
44 COMMISSIONER HANSEN
44 MYRNA WALTERS
44 TONYA CLARK
44 DON HOWELL
44 STEPHANIE MILLER
44 DAVE SCHUNKE 
44 BOB SMITH
44 ROSE SCHULTE
44 DON OLIASON
44 GARY RICHARDSON
44 WORKING FILE

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 X  -  FROM:44 SUSAN HAMLIN 

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 X s -  DATE:44 DECEMBER 1, 1995

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 X E -  RE: 44 APPLICATION OF BITTERROOT WATER(#4
 44 COMPANY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE(#4
 44 AND NECESSITY,  CASE NO. GNRW952(#4

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 4 J  "    # XP \	    P 6Q B,XP# 44 Bitterroot Water Company (Bitterroot; Company) is a small new water company that 
 x[  provides water to homeowners in the Silver Meadows Subdivision in Kootenai County, Idaho.  
 x  Bitterroot filed an Application with the Commission on October24, 1995 seeking a Certificate 
 x  of Public Convenience and Necessity.  The Commission issued a  Notice of Modified Procedure 
 x  and Notice of Application on November 13, 1995, seeking public comment on Bitterroots 
 x  Application.  Staff filed comments recommending approval of the Certificate.  No othercomments were filed.
  
 X ]! -   Background
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 4  44    The Silver Meadows subdivision is located approximately 15 miles north of  Coeur  
 X $ - 
 x  dAlene and 1.5 miles west of the Silverwood Theme Park located on US Highway 95. x   X$        
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 xZ  #  C \	    P 6Q#P# э The legal description of the Silver Meadows subdivision is Township 53 North,  Range 03 West, Section 29, 
 x  BoiseMeridian, Kootenai County, Idaho.  The subdivision is recorded in the Kootenai County Recorder Office,Record Number 1375350, Book G, pages 187187B.   x   There "  $     ,))"w  "   
 x  are 52 lots in the subdivision.  Presently there are seven homeowners being served by Bitterrootand 32 lots are ready for sale.
 
 4  44 Bitterroot is incorporated in Idaho and has a business relationship with Denali Vandals 
 xL  Inc. (Denali), the developer of the Silver Meadows subdivision.  Denali, an Alaska corporation 
 x  qualified to do business in Idaho, installed the water system.  Bitterroot was created to take overthe operation and maintenance of the water system. 

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 X  -  Water System
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 4  44 On November 67, 1995, Staff examined the Silver Meadows subdivision and 
 x  Bitterroot water system.  The water system has been completed and appears to be a well 
 x.  engineered system.  The majority of the main lines are eight inch PVC pipe.  The primary water 
 x  supply for the subdivision is an eight inch, 464' deep well, which is equipped with a three phase, 
 x/  480 volt, 25 hp submersible turbine pump.  The well is capable of delivering 125 gallons per 
 x  minute into the system.  A 100,000 gallon underground concrete storage reservoir is under 
 x  construction immediately adjacent to the well house.  When completed in the spring of 1996, the 
 x  reservoir will include three 5 hp booster pumps.  The well house currently contains six 250gallon pressure tanks.
 
 4  44 Bitterroot has a secondary source of water through interconnecti
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 x  system located southeast of the Bitterroot system.  This second water system is served by a well 
 x0  drilled by the Rickle family, who is developing property adjacent to the Silver  <     Meadows 
 x  subdivision.  The well house contains a 2,000 gallon pressurized storage tank.  This second well 
 xi  supplies water to the Silver Meadows subdivision and to the Rickles adjacent property.  Because 
 x  these two systems are interconnected, Bitterroot and Rickle have a written water use agreement 
 xL  describing the terms, administration, and easement to the well and pipes.  The Rickle system is 
 x  not included in the Bitterroot Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity.  "  $     ,))"J  "   
 x  The Rickles system may require a certificate of public convenience and necessity once theirdevelopment commences.  
 
 4  44 Bitterroot currently is not charging the existing seven customers for water.  Staff is 
 x  reviewing rate design issues and will present a proposed rate structure to Bitterroot and will seek 
 x  the Commissions approval of rates in the future.  Bitterroot requested issuance of a certificate 
 x  prior to rates being established so that prospective lot purchasers can obtain loan financingwithout further delay.

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 X 
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 4}  44  Staff has determined that the Bitterroot water system is well engineered, there is a 
 x  good source of water, and it has the ability to deliver water to the customers.   Bitterroot has the 
 x  financial ability to operate the company and there is a need for water service in the SilverMeadows subdivision.  
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 4^  44 Staff is concerned, however, that interconnection with the Rickle system could affect 
 xN  the service and water quality of the Bitterroot system.  Because the systems share some 
 x  distribution pipes and are using the same sources of water,  it is important for health and safety 
 x  reasons that the Commission is assured that water supplies are not depleted unnecessarily, and 
 x  that water quality meets applicable standards.  Staff would like to see the two systems  combined 
 x  as one public utility to ensure the entire supply would be in the control of one managing entity.  
 x  Absent a combined system, Staff recommends as a condition of approval in this case that 
 x  Bitterroot provide assurance that water quality and service will not be compromised by future 
 x  development in Rickles system.  In particular, Bitterroot should keep the Commission informed 
 x   about any development in the Rickle system to assure that water supplies are not depleted 
 x<  unnecessarily, and provide assurance that future operation, new services and system expansionsare in accordance with applicable standards so as not to jeopardize either systems.  
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 4  44 In conclusion, Staff recommends issuing the Certificate of Public Convenience and 
 x  Necessity within specified geographic boundaries with a condition of approval that Bitterrootprovide assurance that water quality and service are in accordance of DEQ standards.  
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 4  44 1.  Does the Commission find that there is a public need that warrants issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for this water system?
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 4  44 2.   Does the Commission wish to issue a Certificate of Public Convenience andNecessity for this water system ?
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 4  44 3.   Does the Commission wish to include as a condition of approval that Bitterroot 
 x  must provide the Commission assurance that the system is in accordance with water qualitystandards?
44 4.  Does the Commission have another recommendation?

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