PROJ01948 ‎(2)‎

• Contract/PO #: C150121
• Contractor Name: Little Thompson Water District
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 2
• County: Weld
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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INTRODUCTION

Little Thompson Water District (L TWD) and Central Weld County Water District
(CWCWD) jointly own the Carter Lake Filter Plant which treats Colorado-Big
Thompson water for use by their customers. Currently, the filter plant has no raw
water storage facility. All water treated by the plant is delivered directly from
Carter Lake to the filter plant through the St. Vrain Supply Canal. Consequently,
the Districts are entirely dependent on availability of water from Carter Lake. In
wet years, the Districts are unable to treat and store all of the water to which they
are entitled and Gonsequently must take less than their water rights would allow.
Over the last 10 years, the Districts together have had to carry over or lose
approximately 1000 acre feet per year. In dry years, the Districts can have a
shortage of water that cannot be overcome by supply from Carter Lake and
consequently, the Districts are forced to meet their demands with water from
outside entities. In addition, any condition that would interrupt supply from Carter
Lake such as maintenance to the Carter Lake Reservoir dams or outlet or the St.
Vrain Supply Canal also would cause interruption in operation of the treatment
plant. Currently, the only storage the Districts have other than Carter Lake is in
their treated water storage tanks. These tanks can meet the needs of the
Districts for only about eight hours. The proposed reservoir would allow storage
of raw water for use at Carter Lake Filter Plant as needed to augment limited
supply in order to meet current demands, and to overcome interruptions in supply
from Carter Lake.
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PROJECT SPONSORS
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L TWD and CWqWD would form a 50/50 partnership to jointly build, own, and
operate the propqsed reservoir.

Little Thompson Water District

General

The Little Thompson Valley Water District was formed as a Special District of
Colorado in 196Q and began providing domestic water service in 1962. In the
1970's Little Thompson Valley Water District merged with the Mariana Water
District to form the Little Thompson Water'District. The former Arkins Water
Association joine~ the L TWO in 1999. On October 1, 2002, L TWO took over
operation of the Town of Mead water service. The legal definition of a Special
District is defined: in Title 32. A copy of Title 32 is contained in Appendix A. As a
Special District, ~ TWD is legally able to levy taxes; however, they have never
levied taxes in their history and do not have plans to levy taxes in the future. On
December 2, 1993, the L TWO Board of Directors approved and adopted
Resolution 93-1 ,establishing the L TWO as an enterprise. As an enterprise,

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Dry Creek ReserVoir Feasibility Study

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