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<br />the City of Fort Collins in exploring the feasibility of enlarging the reservoir to store water <br />for municipal uses. Since the enlargement of Halligan will inundate existing wetlands, <br />the project must complete public scoping, alternative analysis and environmental <br />assessments required under the National Environmental Policy Act. <br /> <br />Third party consultants have been hired to analyze the expansion of Halligan Reservoir <br />along with a number of other alternatives. Consultants plan to complete the <br />environmental impact study for the proposed project late in 2008. If applicants receive <br />the necessary permits from the Corp of Engineers, construction of a new dam at <br />Halligan Reservoir could begin in 2010. <br /> <br />Overland Trail Ponds <br /> <br />In 2005, Lafarge West Inc. agreed to sell property it had been mining for a number of <br />years to ELCO and several other water suppliers (Fort Collins, Greeley, FCLWD, and <br />NWCWD). The Lafarge property is located near the Town of LaPorte on the south side <br />of the Poudre River immediately west of Taft Hill Road. Even though Lafarge no longer <br />owns the property, it continues to mine gravel from the site. The purchasers plan to <br />develop the Lafarge site and several nearby properties into a series of water storage <br />reservoirs. When completed, the Overland Trail Ponds project will permit the <br />purchasers to store approximately 4,700 acre feet. <br /> <br />Existing and future gravel pits on land owned by the water suppliers will be sealed and <br />configured to divert water from the Poudre River when it is available. Water stored in <br />the Overland Trail Ponds will be released back to the Poudre to meet return flow <br />obligations, exchanged for water diverted at the Pleasant Valley Pipeline or pumped to <br />the SCFP for treatment. <br /> <br />Work on lining the existing gravel pits and installing the necessary pipes, pumps and <br />structures will begin in 2008. It will take approximately 20 years before all the property <br />is mined and gravel pits are sealed. Once the project is completed, ELCO will own <br />approximately 460 acre feet of storage in the Overland Trail Ponds. <br /> <br />Riaden Storaae Proiect <br /> <br />The Rigden property is located adjacent to the Poudre River near the intersection of <br />Harmony Road and Interstate 25. The site is approximately 1/4 mile below the outlet of <br />the Boxelder Sanitation District wastewater treatment plant and 112 mile below the outlet <br />of the City of Fort Collins Drake Water Reclamation Facility. <br /> <br />The Rigden property is currently owned by Flatiron Companies, which has offered to <br />sell a portion of the property to ELCO. The site has been mined for sand and gravel for <br />approximately 20 years. Most of the marketable material has been removed from the <br />site and reclamation has begun. <br /> <br />Clear Water Solutions, Inc. <br />East Larimer County Water District <br /> <br />2007 Water Conservation Plan <br /> <br />44 <br />