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<br />Feas1bility of Construction <br />of the <br />Upper Platte & Beaver Canal Company <br />Badger Creek Augmentation Project <br /> <br />Project Sponsor <br /> <br />The Upper Platte and Beaver Canal Company (UPBCC) is a Colorado <br />mutual ditch company and a non-profit corporation. <br /> <br />UPBCC was formed in late 1800's to construct and operate the <br />Upper Platte and Beaver Canal for the benefit of the <br />shareholders. The UPBCC currently has 100 shareholders with 1187 <br />shares of stock. The Company can divert 234 cubic feet of water <br />per second of time from the South Platte River, at a headgate <br />located about 1 mile Northwest of Fort Morgan, at Log Lane <br />Village, Colorado. From this headgate, the UPBCC has had an <br />average annual diversion of 30,000 acre feet or approximately 25 <br />acre feet per share. <br /> <br />The ground under the UPBCC is also irrigated with 93 tributary <br />groundwater wells. The wells pump on average 12,000 acre-feet of <br />water annually. These 93 wells are partially augmented under <br />their own augmentation plan. The remaining augmentation on these <br />wells is provided by the Groundwater Appropriators of the South <br />Platte (GASP) plan of operation. <br /> <br />Project Service Area <br /> <br />The service area is located in Morgan County, from about 1 mile <br />West of Fort Morgan to about 15 miles East of Fort Morgan. The <br />service area is located on the South side of the South Platte <br />River in Morgan County. The UPBCC service area irrigates on the <br />average 11,000 acres. The water is typically used to irrigate <br />corn, alfalfa, beans, and sugar beets. The elevation is 4275 <br />feet. See map on page 3. <br /> <br />Feasibility Study <br />Upper Platte and Beaver <br />Badger Creek Aug Project <br />April 2003 <br /> <br />1 <br />