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FEASIBILITY STU�Y FCIR THE REHABILITATION and ENLARGEMENT OF BULL CREEK RESERVOIR NO. 4 INTRODUCTION and IVEED FOR PROJECT The Bull Creek Reservoir, Canal, and Power Company ("Reservoir Company"), located in Mesa County, Colorado, operates Bull Creek Reservoirs Nos. 145 to provide irrigation water for farmlands in the Plateau Valley ar�a of Westem Colorado. The century old Reservoir Company is organized as a Colorado non-profit corporation'. Irrigation water stored in the Reservoir Company's reservoirs is released by the Company into Bull Creek and delivered dawnstream to various points of diversion for irrigation of approximately 800 acres of farmland. Wa�ter from the reservoirs is the primary source of summer and late season irrigation water. Without this water crops would be water short in most years. The location of the project is shown on Fig�are 1. Bull Creek Reservoir No. 4 is in need of rehabilitation and enlargement for the following reasons: 1) A filling restriction imposed by the State Engineer's Office in 1984 has in turn res��lted in a filing by the Division Engineer for partial abandonment of senior water rights (Bull Creek Reservoir No. 4). 2) An addi�tional filling restriction placed in 2005 has further decreased the ability to store water. Further, the difficulty of maintaining a reduced maximum water elevation has led to the nHed to keep the outlet open during the winter and spring, increasingly reducing the ability of the reservoir to fill. The end result is in effect a"zero fill" restriction. 3) The reservoir site lends itself well to increasing its capacity. 4) Water ric�hts are available for both the rehabilitation and the enlargement. ' See Appendix A for the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company Bull Creek Reservoir, CanaY and Power Company Bull Creek Reservoir No. 4, Feasibility Study Nov. 30, 2006 Page 1 of 13