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<br />Feasibility of the <br />Riverside Irrigation District <br />Water Rights Project <br /> <br />Project Sponsor <br /> <br />The Riverside Irrigation District (RID) is an irrigation district <br />located in northeast Colorado utilizing waters of the South <br />Platte River. RID was formed under and is governed by state <br />statute, specifically C.R.S. Title 37 - Articles 41, 42 and 43. <br /> <br />RID receives the majority of its irrigation water through its <br />controlling interest of Riverside Reservoir. Riverside Reservoir <br />is owned and operated by the Riverside Reservoir and Land Company <br />(RRLC). The RRLC can fill Riverside Reservoir under two different <br />decrees (1902 and 1907) and then refill under two different <br />decrees (1910 and 1929). The reservoir can be filled through the <br />Riverside inlet canal which has capacity to divert 1000 cubic <br />feet of water per second of time from the South Platte River, at <br />a headgate located about 4 miles East of Kersey, Colorado. RID <br />also has storage rights in Vancil Reservoir which is located near <br />the tail end of the Riverside irrigation system. Vancil Reservoir <br />is filled under a 1986 priority dated with water diverted through <br />the same headgate as Riverside Reservoir. <br /> <br />RID can also divert direct flow water for the farms in their <br />district under a 1907 priority date. Direct flow water is <br />diverted through the same river headgate, through Riverside <br />Reservoir and then into Riverside canal for use on district <br />lands. <br /> <br />RID farms also use, on a limited basis, alluvial wells for <br />additional water on their farms. The requirement for augmentation <br />on these wells caused RID to pursue numerous recharge decrees. <br />Recharges ponds have been created all along the Riverside system <br />with various priority dates. RID is in the process of obtaining a <br />court decreed plan for augmentation utilizing the recharge <br />generated to cover their well depletions. <br /> <br />Based on the State Engineer's diversion records from 1988 through <br />2004, the Riverside system has had an average annual diversion of <br />108,000 acre feet for all water diverted through the Riverside <br />headgate. The State Engineer's diversion records are found in <br />Appendix A. <br /> <br />Feasibility Study <br />RID Water Rights Project <br />February 2006 <br /> <br />1 <br />