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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Feasibility Study <br />For the Rehabilitation of <br />Larimer & Weld Irrigation Company <br />Check & Control Structures <br /> <br />PROJECT SPONSOR <br /> <br />The Larimer & Weld Irrigation Compa~y is a Colorado Mutual Ditch Company and a Non- <br />profit Corporation. Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws for the company are included in <br />Appendix C. <br /> <br />The company's facilities, built about the turn of the century, are located in Larimer and Weld <br />Counties in Colorado. Their business office is located in Eaton, Colorado and their maintenance <br />office is located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The system stretchesfrom the Cache LaPoudre River <br />diversion located in north Fort Collins to near Galeton, Colorado in Weld County. The company <br />has direct flow water rights from their diversion in the Cache LaPoudre River and also is the <br />carrier for reservoir water owned by their stockholders and the stockholders in several other ditch <br />and reservoir companies. The companies which own stock in the Larimer & Weld and convey <br />water through their system include the Divide Reservoir ,& Canal Company, the Windsor <br />Reservoir & Canal Company, the Larimer & Weld Reservoir Company, and also those <br />stockholders that own CBT water. <br /> <br />Their facilities consist of approximately 40 miles of supply ditch including many control <br />structures, checks, and headgates. Figur~ 1 included herein is a map of the system which also <br />shows the location of the check structures on the system. <br /> <br />The stockholders in the Company own water through their stock in the Larimer and Weld <br />Irrigation Company, the Larimer and Weld Reservoir Company, the Windsor Reservoir and Canal <br />Company, and also CBT water. The water for these companies is delivered through the Larimer <br />& Weld System. <br /> <br />The Company was incorporated in March 1879. Due to the early date of conception, little <br />information has been retained concerning the early development of the Company. The Company <br />has been in operation continuously since its inception and has not changed from its original <br />purpose. <br /> <br />PROJECT SERVICE AREA <br /> <br />The approximate service area boundaries are shown on the map in Figure 1. The service area of <br />the Larimer & Weld Irrigation Company includes approximately 86,000 acres of which 55,000 <br />acres is irrigated and planted in crops or pasture. Crops grown in the service area include corn, <br />beets, pinto beans, wheat, barley, oats, alfalfa, grass hay, and some vegetable crops. <br /> <br />Larimer & Weld Feasibility Study <br /> <br />Page I <br />