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<br />Project Service Area and Facilities <br /> <br />LSCRC provides storage to thirteen subdivisions, businesses, or individuals in Park, Teller and <br />Jefferson Counties. A majority ofthe subdivisions are within seven miles ofFairplay, Colorado. <br />See Figure 1 for the location of LSCR, Figure 2 for the location of the service area of six of the <br />seven shareholders, and Figure 3 for part of the locations where augmentation water is used for <br />the seventh shareholder. See Appendix B for copies of the Decreed Plans For Augmentation. <br />All subdivisions have been platted with a current build-out ranging from 13% to 47%. <br /> <br />Hydrology and Water Rights <br /> <br />The source of most of the water placed in storage is from the historic headgate ofthe Guiraud 3T <br />Ditch located in the NE1I4, Section 8, Township 11 South, Range 76 West ofthe 6th P.M., Park <br />County. The water is exchanged up the Middle Fork of the South Platte River to the confluence <br />with Sacramento Creek in the SEl/4 SW1I4, Section 29, Township 9 South, Range 77 West, 6th <br />P.M., thence up Sacramento Creek to the headgate ofthe Platte City Placer Mine Ditch in the <br />NW1I4 NW1I4, Section 32, Township 9 South, Range 77 West, 6th P.M. In addition, Mountain <br />Mutual Reservoir Company, (MMRC) has water rights on the North Fork of the South Platte <br />River from the Nickerson, Slaght, and Mack 2 Ditches, which can be exchanged from the <br />confluence of the North Fork of the South Platte River and the South Platte River, thence up the <br />South Platte River to the confluence with the Middle Fork of the South Platte River, thence up <br />the Middle Fork to the confluence of Sacramento Creek, thence up Sacramento Creek to the <br />headgate ofthe Platte City Placer Mine Ditch. <br /> <br />The water is stored from May through September and then released from October through April <br />to replace the depletions from the various Plans For Augmentation. By 1984 it was obvious that <br />there was still considerable leakage from the reservoir so eventually two applications were made <br />to the Water Division 1 Water Court to receive credit for the leakage. See Appendix C, Case <br />Nos. 84CW250 and 85CW465. The leakage has been more than sufficient to cover the winter <br />depletions. <br /> <br />The accumulative diversion rate of all seven shareholders is 2.4 cubic feet per second. This <br />could mean that the reservoir could be filled in two weeks if there was sufficient water available <br />in Sacramento Creek. To maximize the amount of water in the reservoir on October 1 of each <br />year we would normally wait until late in the summer to divert water, but this procedure had the <br />hazard of the creek dropping below the CWCB minimum stream flow. Because of this rational <br />we failed to put any water in the reservoir in 2001. An analysis of the monthly water level <br />readings indicated that the leakage is primarily from the top five feet of water. Once the level is <br />lowered to nine feet the leakage approaches a normal rate. The reporting forms for the last three <br />years is shown in Appendix D. <br /> <br />Since the dam is greater than 10 feet in height the reservoir is jurisdictional and is considered to <br />be Class 3. A copy ofthe Office Of The State Engineer inspection performed September 14, <br />2004 is attached as Appendix E. <br /> <br />2 <br />