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<br />to maintain for lower end of River; in a good spring, and reservoirs can fill for <br />augmentation. NE Compact Call also impacts this part of the river; if there are <br />not 120 cfs, anyone junior to June 19, 1897 cannot call. Also, concerns of <br />wells being shut exist here as well. Several well owners have aug plans, <br />others working diligently to do so. The extreme lower area is a target area for <br />recovery for Endangered Species; Tamarind is another concern. Like with <br />Sterling, other municipalities are purchasing water rights from this area; <br />Parker, for instance, has just purchased. Thus, new uncertainty in the area; <br />agriculture, return flows must be maintained. <br />10) Harold Evans: Weld County municipal rep; Water and Sewer Board Chair; <br />main issue is growth: fi-om 2000 - 2003, this was fastest growing area in US; state <br />demographer predictions that Weld County will double by 2030. Challenges: <br />where does water come from to meet that growth and simultaneously maintain <br />agriculture; potential buy-up and dry-up; concern in Greeley as agriculture is <br />impOltant patt of economy. There are three reservoir projects in Weld and <br />Larimer County that are important to our future: <br />1) Halligan-Seaman Water Management Plan which is a joint project <br />between Greeley and Fort Collins. The project consists of enlarging two <br />existing reservoirs on the North Fork of the Poudre River. Greeley owns <br />Seaman Reservoir and Fort Collins owns the Halligan Reservoir. Both <br />reservoirs are currently about 5,000 ac-ft. Each is being looked at to go to <br />40,000 ac-ft plus. <br />2) The Windy Gap Firming project is a project on Municipal Sub-district of <br />the NCWCD. The most likely reservoir site is a Chimney Hollow, which <br />is west of Carter Lake. The reservoir will be approximately 90,000 ac-ft. <br />3) The NOlthern Integrated Supply Project is a project of the NCWCD and is <br />located nOlth of Fort Collins at a site called Glade Reservoir. The size is <br />estimated to be in the area of 120,000 ac-ft. <br />The main supplies for Weld County municipalities: Poudre, Big Thompson, St. <br />Vrain, some wells. Greeley: direct flow right on Poudre and junior rights. <br />Concern: how to have effective conservation projects to stretch yield. Concern: <br />Denver Metro area coming this way; thus, cmcial to have these three reservoir <br />projects permitted. <br />11) Larry Howard: Larimer County municipalities; similar issues to those of Weld <br />County; dependence on many of same streams; Ft Collins, Loveland, Estes Park-- <br />all coming from tributaries of South Platte River; west slope water fi-om Windy <br />Gap and CBT system; Larimer County not situated over good aquifer, thus all <br />supplies are surface supplies; thus, issue of storage most important-need 10,000 <br />ac ft more; need to enhance storage capacity to meet future demands; the <br />municipalities know their ultimate surface boundaries and this is thus changing <br />the focus and approach to the challenges presented. Municipalities in Larimer <br />County have historically tried to avoid drying farmland; reusable supplies will <br />probably provide significant supplies; conservation is important for all <br />municipalities; all of this must be approached carefully. On a personal note, Mr. <br />Howard's family has farmed in San Luis Valley so he sees similar issues <br />throughout the state. <br /> <br />3 <br />