C150242 Feasibility Study

• Contract/PO #: C150242
• Contractor Name: Seven Lakes Reservoir Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 0
• County: Larimer
• County: Weld
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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E. Project Lands
The Seven Lakes Reservoir Company will not change as a result of this project.
This project will not broaden the Company service area and will not provide for
the irrigation of any new lands.

F. Hydrology and Water Rights

F.1 Flood Hydrology - Flood hydrology issues have been addressed in a
hydrologic and hydraulic modeling report titled "Dry Creek Existing Condition
Analysis", prepared for the City of Loveland by Ayres Associates dated July
2006. As discussed above, the City of Loveland intends to remedy the flooding
issue associated the Monroe Avenue Bridge in 2008. In any case, the capacity
of Dry Creek is adequate and will safely handle SLRC's operational flow of 1,000
cfs when the Railroad culvert is replaced.

F.1 Water Rights - The Seven Lakes Reservoir Company, along with the
Greeley & Loveland irrigation Company, owns and operates an extensive system of
reservoirs and canals that provide for the irrigation of approximately 15,000 acres of
agricultural lands in Larimer and Weld Counties. The two companies have decreed
direct flow and storage rights on the Big Thompson River for a total of 1,455 cfs (999
cfs from the Big Barnes Ditch and 456 cfs from the Greeley & Loveland Canal), the
earliest dating from 1865. Total storage rights for the two companies amount to
66,700 acre-feet.

G. Field Investigations

Field inspections and project photographs were made by Gauthiere Engineering Inc.
and are included in Appendix A.
Additional field investigations including a detailed survey and subsurface
investigation will be required for final design.

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