ELCO WCPlan2007

• Project Type: Water Conservation Plan
• Contract/PO #: OE PDA 07-60
• Applicant: East Larimer County Water District
• Project Name: East Larimer County Water District Water Conservation Plan
• Title: East Larimer County Water District Water Conservation Plan
• Date: 6/1/2007
• County: Larimer
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Complete Plan

Figure 3.7 shows the number of C-BT units that have been transferred from agricultural
to municipal ownership since 1988. Class C owners include both water districts and
mutual irrigation companies. Ownership in that category has remained fairly steady
since water districts have been purchasing C-BT units while mutual ditch companies
have been selling their units.

Figure 3.7 - Ownership Classification of C-BT Units

C-BT Ownership by Classification
(Distribution of the 310,000 Acre Foot Units in the C-BT Project)

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At the current rate of acquisition by cities and water districts, it is projected that few if
any C-BT units will be available for purchase by the year 2015. However, the
construction of other regional projects such as the Windy Gap Firming Project and the
Northern Integrated Supply Project may take some pressure off of the C-BT system. If
so, C-BT supplies could be available through 2025 or 2030.

Native Water SUIJIJlies

In anticipation of the gradual disappearance of C-BT water, ELCO committed funds in
1997 to study the feasibility of a pipeline that would deliver Poudre River water to the
SCFP. The project became known as the Pleasant Valley Pipeline and eventually grew
into a partnership between the Cities of Greeley and Fort Collins and all three Soldier
Canyon Districts. Construction on the pipeline began in April 2003 and was completed
in the spring 2004.

Completion of the Pleasant Valley Pipeline allowed ELCO, for the first time since its
creation in 1962, to obtain water from the Poudre River. Since completion of the
Pleasant Valley Pipeline, ELCO has acquired very little water from the C-BT system.

Clear Water Solutions, Inc.
East Larimer County Water District

2007 Water Conservation Plan

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