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• Board Meeting Date: 7/11/2007
• Description: IWMD Section - Water Supply Reserve Account July 2007 Grant Allocations
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Section 3 Attachment

Jackson Gulch Resen'oir Expansion project

a waiting list for 85 new memberships which are unserved pending an increase in raw water available to the
Company. Under a new contract with the District and the BoR, the Water Company is encouraging
existing users of Jackson Gulch water to abandon quantities of irrigation water so that the water can be
reallocated to the Water Company as M & I water. This is a choice that residents of the Valley are facing in
order to increase the supplies of domestic water. Additional water storage capacity will enable adequate
domestic watl~r supplies to be maintained without reducing water available for agriculture.
This project concept is endorsed by the following organizations which represent irrigation water and M&
I water users in the Valley and many landowners along the river: The Mancos Valley Beaver Ditch
Company, the Henry Bolen Ditch Company, The Number Six Ditch Co.mpany, the Sheek Ditch Company,
the Weber Ditch Company, the Root and Ratliff Ditch Company, the Carpenter / Mitchell ditch company,
the Town of Mancos, Mesa Verde National Park, and others.
The District will actively pursue contributions and matching funds for the Project after feasibility studies
are available to provide specitic definition of the facilities, costs and schedules.

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