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Timnath Flatiron Reservoir CWCB "Loan Application Feasibility Study Purpose The Timnath Flatiron Reservoir Project is a proposed reservoir storage project located in Larimer County at the western edge of the Town of Timnath along Interstate 25, Section 34, Township 7 North., Range 68 West. A location map is attached as figure 1. The purpose of this application is to request funding so that The Lower Poudre Augmentation Company (Company) can purchase the reservoir property, the water rights and construct the necessary improvements to utilize the Timnath Flatiron Reservoir for augmentation purposes. The reservoir is currently just an empty bucket with a storage capacity of approximately 650 A.F. It contains no facilities to operate as an augmentation facility. The Lower Poudre Augmentation Company would like to build the infrastructure necessary to make the reservoir functional. This includes among other items constructing an intake structure, an outlet structure and a pump station. This application also includes in its loan request, funds to purchase both the reservoir land and the water rights to fill the structure. The Lower Poudre Augmentation Company is comprised of well owners throughout the service area of New Cache La Poudre Irrigating Company and the Larimer Weld Service Area (figure 2). The Company must augment for the wells. In 2005, the Company had 3,500 AF of augmentation demands. The Company currently meets its augmentation demands through rental water from the Water Supply and Storage Company and some additional rental of native waters for return flows to the Poudre River. The approximately 650 AF of storage provided by the Timnath Flatiron reservoir will help meet this augmentation requirement. The Company is concerned about rental water and would like to have more control over its augmentation sources. Having a reservoir as part of an augmentation plan adds additional security to the system. It essentially functions like a slinky absorbing some of the external impacts of the climate and providing a longer more stable term augmentation supply. Previous Studies Applegate Group, Inc. performed two feasibility studies for development of water storage on this property. One, Timnath Reservoir Infrastructure Feasibility Study, examined infrastructure options for utilizing the reservoir as a water storage reservoir for the New Cache La Poudre Reservoir Company. Four alternatives were reviewed. One examined the potential of bringing water to the northwest corner of the reservoir directly from the Cache La Poudre River. The other reviewed the potential for diverting from the Boxelder Ditch in two locations. The first, from where it crosses the property at the southwest corner and the second looked at diverting water through an existing conveyance system from City of Fort Collins open space property west of Interstate 25 to the northwest corner of the reservoir. The final option evaluated the feasibility of drawing from the Fossil Creek Inlet Canal. A later study, Timnath Flatiron Reservoir Northwest Inlet Option Feasibility Study, expanded upon the chosen alternative of utilizing the northwest option for delivery in a joint project between The New Cache La Poudre Reservoir Company and The Flatiron Companies. Copies of both reports are bound other separate cover in Appendix K.