PROJ02062

• Contract/PO #: C150211
• Contractor Name: Highland Ditch Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 5
• County: Boulder
• County: Weld
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

Feasibility Study
for the
Rehabilitation of Foothills Reservoir Dam
PROJECT SPONSOR
The The.Highland Ditch Company, Inc. is a Colorado Mutual Ditch Company and a Non - profit
Corporation. The Articles of Incorporation and the Company's Bylaws are included in Appendix A.
The company was incorporated in 1872 and has been in continuous existence and operation and has
delivered irrigation water since its inception. The first water deliveries were from their direct flow
rights from the Saint Vrain River and at the turn of the century the Company started construction of
several storage reservoirs.
The company's facilities are located in Boulder County, Colorado and are located to the north of
Longmont, Colorado. Their facilities consist of Highland Reservoir #1 (capacity 978 acre - feet),
Highland Reservoir #2 (capacity 3712 acre - feet), Highland Reservoir #3 (capacity 1669 acre - feet),
McIntosh Reservoir (capacity 2459 acre - feet), 49% of Beaver Reservoir (capacity 2160 acre - feet),
Foothills Reservoir (capacity 4320 acre - feet). Their system also includes approximately 26 miles of
main supply ditch and approximately 15 miles of extension and lateral ditches from Mulligan
Reservoir. The company owns direct flow rights from the Saint Vrain River and also owns 20 units
of CBT water. The total delivered by the Company from 1995 to 2004 is listed in the following table.
TABLE 1
WATER DELIVERED TO USERS
YEAR
WATER DELIVERED
(Acre -Feet)
CBT WATER
DELIVERED
Acre -Feet
ACRE -FEET
DELIVERED PER
SHARE OF STOCK
1995
31,436
9,630
43
1996
43,967
7,521
61
1997
32,407
5,437
45
1998
44,442
9,026
61
1999
33,676
6,815
47
2000
42,303
18,125
58
2001
36,141
18,415
50
2002
13,521
10,331
19
2003
13,547
4,458
43
2004
34,089
5,427
47
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