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- 11 - I' n ,', ' h- U iJ ;. _~...) 0 01-01 HIGHLAND DITCH COMPANY - is located in Boulder and Weld Counties, Colorado. It serves 35,000 acres of irrigated cropland on the north side of the St. Vrain Creek at Longmont, Colorado. The water source is a diversion on St. Vrain Creek at Lyons, Colorado. It carries direct diversions along with water for storage. The Highland system has a transmission ditch approximately 21 miles long with six (6) storage reservoirs. Two of these storage reservoirs are exchange r~servoirs and are not located on the Highland System (Foothills Reservoir and McIntosh Lake). Three reservoirs are on the Highland Ditch System (Highland No. I, No.2, and No.3) below the diversion point. Beaver Park Reservoir is located on the upper head waters, south of Rocky Mountain Nat i ona 1 Park. The Highland Ditch Company serves approximately 250 farms. The needs of the canal include work on Beaver Park outlet works, and water-control structures and canal lining of high seepage areas. The onfarm needs include ditch lining, farm pipelines, water-control structures, land leveling, irrigation water management (IWM) and irrigation method changes. 01-02 ROUGH AND READY DITCH - is located in Boulder County, Colorado. It serves 500 acres of irrigated cropland on the north side of St. Vrain Creek at Longmont, Colorado. The water source is a diversion on St. Vrain Creek at Lyons, Colorado. It carries water for storage along with direct diversions. There are 16.4 miles of canal in this system. The canal needs include water-control structures and canal lining of high seepage areas. The onfarm needs include ditch lining, water-control structures, and irrigation water management. 01-03 PALMERTON DITCH - is located in Boulder County, Colorado. It serves 60 acres of irrigated cropland on the north side of St. Vrain Creek at Longmont, Colorado. The water source is a diversion on St. Vrain Creek at Lyons, Colorado. It also carries water to Longmont Pipeline. There are 5.5 miles of canal in this system. The canal needs include turnouts and checks and canal lining of high seepage areas. The onfarm needs include water-control structures, farm pipeline, and irrigation water management. 01-04 LEFTHAND DITCH - is located in Boulder County, Colorado. It serves 13,342 acres of irrigated cropland on both sides of Lefthand Creek (which is Lefthand Ditch). The system also carries storage water for domestic use. There are 50.8 miles of canal in this system. The canal needs include; diversions, measuring units, sluices, checks, canal lining (high seepage areas) and other st ructu res. The onfarm needs include; measuring units, ditch lining, farm pipeline, land leveling, irrigation water managemeRt, and irrigation method changes.