PROJC01741 ‎(3)‎

• Contract/PO #: C153768
• Contractor Name: Lower Arkansas Water Management Association
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 67
• County: Bent
• County: Prowers
• Bill Number: SB 96-124
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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reduced to allow for 1) wells operating as alternate points of diversion, 2) pre-compact wells,
and 3) usability factors applied to depletions at the Stateline. The replacement requirements for
the average year totaled 18,049 acre-feet as shown in Table 2 and were based on a series of
average years such that the depletions approach steady-state conditions. The replacement
requirements for the second dry year following a series of average years totaled 24,435 acre-
feet as shown in Table 3.

REPLACEMENT SUPPLIES

Following are sources of LAWMA's replacement water:
. the ownership of 120 shares and the use of 1,505 shares of Fort Bent
Ditch Company stock,
. the use of 50 shares of Lamar Canal Company stock,
. the ownership of the Manvel Canal direct flow water right and Article II
Storage Account,
. ownership of 67/69ths of the X-V Irrigating Ditch direct flow water right
and the X- Y Graham Article II storage account,
. ownership of the Stubbs direct flow water right and Article II storage
account,
. annual purchase of water from the Southeastern Colorado Water
Conservancy District,
. consumptive use credits available from Colorado Beef, and
. the non-consumptive portion of the releases from the Kansas Transit
Loss Account.

These sources are estimated to yield about 12,760 acre-feet of replacement water
annually. Given LAWMA's dry-year replacement requirements, additional water supplies will be
needed. The subject of the loan request is the acquisition of Highland Irrigation Company stock
and either Amity Mutual Irrigation Company stock or Fort Bent Ditch Company stock, or both.
These additional water supply sources are described in detail below.

Highland Irrigation Company

The Highland Irrigation Company is a mutual ditch company that owns and operates the
Highland Canal. This canal diverts from the westerly bank of the Purgatoire River in sec. 1,
T. 25 S., R. 53 W., approximately 17 miles above the confluence with the Arkansas River. The
diversions are measured by a 5-foot Parshall flume located about 1.5 miles downstream of the
diversion works and about 0.1 mile downstream from a 1 ,OOO-foot long tunnel. Generally, much

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