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<br />45 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />patronage developed the first large canal along the Poudre. <br />It carried water beyond the river to prove that the <br />plains could be cultivated. This was the Greeley No. 2 <br />now known as the New Cache La Poudre Irrigation Company. <br />A multitude of ditchea and canals were constructed <br />which now traverse the valley. As more canals were <br />built, many problems were ~ncountered--use priority, <br />storage and eventually lack of water. <br />Simply, water is first used for irrigation. When <br />additional water is available, it may be stored in <br />reservoirs. Canals receiv~ water according to a priority <br />system based upon their date of completion. M~ny have been <br />enlarged and additional water has a priority based <br />upon the date of completion of the enlargement. Water <br />canal companies then sell water rights or stock in their <br />company to the farmers along their canals. Water <br />companies irrigate the lands below their canals. <br />The natural water of the Cache La Poudre comes from <br />snow melt and rain in the Inountains. As irrigated land <br />proved to be fertile and a~riculture profitable, the <br />demand upon the natural water exceeded the supply. <br />Foreign water was then brought in from other <br />watersheds. The Colorado Big Thompson Project is the <br />largest importer of foreign water to the Poudre. It <br />brings water from the Colorado River on the western slope <br />to the eastern slope. The Cache La Poudre River, North <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />