Rio Grande - Romero-Guadalupe Channel Rectification Project_Application

• Basin Roundtable: Rio Grande
• Applicant: Romero Irrigation Co.
• Description: Romero-Guadalupe Channel Rectification Project
• Account Source: Basin
• Board Meeting Date: 9/19/2007
• Contract/PO #: 08000000060
• WSRA - Doc Type: Grant Application

Water Supply Reserve Account – Grant Application Form
Form Revised May 200 7
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Part A - Description of the Applicant
(Project Sponsor or Owner);

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Applicant Name(s):
Romero Irrigation Co. and Guadalupe Main Ditch Co.
Sam Vance, Pres. Dennis Moeller, Pres.

5 01(c)(12)

12499 Road P P.O. Box 462

La Jara, CO 81140 Antonito, CO 81120
Mailing address:

(719 - 843 - 5754) (719 - 376 - 5722)

[e-mail]
Taxpayer ID#:
84 - 043134 Email address:

Phone Numbers: Business:
719 - 843 - 5754

Home:
719 - 843 - 5678

Fax:

719 - 843 - 5754
Person to contact regarding this application if different from above:

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Name:

Position/Title

3. Provide a brief description of your organization below: see “Description of Applicant” in Part 2 of C riteria and
G uidance for required i nformation.

Romero Irrigation Company (Romero) and Guadalupe Ma in Ditch Company (Guadalupe), two of the oldest ditch
companies on the Conejos River, represent 58 percent of all the number - one priority water rights on the Conejos.
The Romero Irrigation Company , which takes fiscal and administrative responsibility for t his project, was
incorporated as a 501(c )(12) mutual ditch company in the year 1900. It has 389.9 shares of outstanding stock,
irrigating 10,872 acres. Assessments ar e $75.00 per share with 53 shareholders. Romero D itch has some of the
most senior water ri ghts on the Conejos system, with all or a portion of the following priorities: #1, #5, #23, #34,
#66, #115, #119, #136, and #168, for a total of 667 cfs.. T otal system length is approximately 800 miles of canals
and laterals. Organizationally, Romero has a five member board composed entirely of stock holders. All
assessments are used for the salary of one full time employee and one part - time employee, with the remainder used
for system maintenance. Guadalupe Main Ditch Company , co - applicant, is the most se nior ditch on the Conejos
system. It has an 1855 priority decree for 13.46 cfs, which irrigat es approximately 900 acres. The remainder of the
original decree has been transferred to other ditch systems. It also carries water from the Brazos Del Norte decre e,
priority # 139, for 20 c fs, which irrigates another 900 acres, with 17 share holders holding assessments at $40.00
per share. Together, most of the share holders in the combined Romero - Guadalupe systems are of Latino descent
and have been associated wit h this land for many generations , many families dating back to the founding of the
State of Colorado .

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