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<br />" <br /> <br />STATE OF COLOMDO <br /> <br />S <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Department of Natural Resources <br /> <br />721 Centennial Building <br />131 3 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX: (303) 866-4474 <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />FROM: Bill Green, P.E. <br />Project Planning and Construction <br /> <br />DATE: October 14, 1997 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 14.b., September 22-23, 1997 Board Meeting - Water <br />Project Construction Loan Program -Arkansas River Augmentation <br />Loan Account - Arkansas Groundwater Users Association - <br />Augmentation Plan <br /> <br />Introduction <br />The Arkansas Groundwater Users Association (AGUA) is applying for a loan of <br />$650,000 from the Arkansas River Augmentation Loan Account for AGUA's <br />augmentation program in the upper Arkansas River Basin. The loan would be used to <br />purchase shares in the Excelsior Ditch to offset a portion of the depletions resulting from <br />well pumping by members of AGUA. <br /> <br />Proiect Sponsor <br />AGUA was formed in 1995 as a non-profit corporation "to protect and develop the <br />surface and underground waters of the State of Colorado in the Arkansas River Basin to <br />their fullest use". AGUA's membership consists of 254 individuals or entities and more <br />than 400 wells of which 336 are currently active. Approximately 95 percent of AGUA's <br />member water use is for irrigation. <br /> <br />The Association's primary service area is the mainstem of the Arkansas River between <br />Pueblo Reservoir and John Martin Reservoir with some members located above Pueblo <br />Reservoir on the Arkansas as far west as Salida and a large number of members in the <br />Fountain Creek Basin. The current officers of AGUA are: Dick Evans, President; Bert <br />Potestio, Vice President; Cliff Walter, Secretary/Treasurer. <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br /> <br />James S. Lochhead <br />Executive Director, DNR <br /> <br />Daries C. Lile, PE, <br />Director, CWCS <br />