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<br />dct-~O-97 11:23A IDEAL VALLEY REALTY LTD <br /> <br />719 462 5755 <br /> <br />P.05 <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Department of Natural Resources <br /> <br />721 Cl!/Ih:nrli.:ll Building <br />1) 13 Sherman St~el <br />Denver, (1IIor.1<Io 8020) <br />"hll.\e: (30) I 866.)~ 4 1 <br />FAX: (l031 6116.4JiJ <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />~,:. <br />. " <br />I <br /> <br />H.uy tlunll" <br />C\)-.J~"\\)' <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />J..m.~s S, l<.lchhc.1l <br />l[;lt~4.;\JlIY'~ I )ift't.lur. UNI( <br /> <br />I).,rh', C, llft~, PE. <br />I ),"'l"lr>l. (w(R <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />~t? <br />Bill Greco, P.E. {5 <br />Project Plalluing and Construction <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />September 12, 1997 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />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 uscd 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 Spon~or <br />AQUA was fonned 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". AQUA's membership consists of254 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 JolUl 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 Creck Basin. The current officers of AGUA are: Dick Evans, President; Bert <br />Potestio, Vice President; Cliff Walter, Secretaryffreasurer. <br />