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<br />Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
<br />Helping to Meet Your Water Needs Since 1958
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<br />R.I'I)h Adkin..
<br />I'rl"..idt'nl- I'lJphlo
<br />1'1'111- 2002
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<br />President's Letter
<br />2000
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<br />\..vl,lI, we've 1ll.1de it into a new milll'llnium with all the Project f.](i1itit's in place ,me! oper.lling
<br />in good order, including Pueblo Dam with its new .lpron.
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<br />The repairs to Pueblo Dalll raml! in it great de.ll helmv the l'slim.\ll' of $2(J,OOO,OOO,()(), the 10t.ll
<br />was <1pproxi1l1tllely $16,003,825.00.
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<br />The Slor.lge Study COlllmittee g.Wl' Wdy 10 the lmplel1ll'rlt.ltion COl1llllilll'l', \vhirh is 10 bring .111
<br />the work into fOCllS and choose .1 fin.II plan for recomn1l'nd,ltion 10 all of the p;lrlicip,mls .111<1 the
<br />Soutlw,lSll'rn Distri(-t Hoard. AI the pnel oi 2000, applications for the enl.ugernellt of Puehlo .md 5ug,H
<br />lOilf D.1Il1S wefe iiled in the \Valer (our! to help movp the plans .1Iollg.
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<br />\>Vith the .lClvl'llt of a new ,ulmini...tr,ltion in \Vashillgtoll, it is ,mtirip.1tl'd th.lIlhe dim,lte will he
<br />mort' f,lVorilble 10 the west1s farnll'rs ilnd ranchers.
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<br />During :'WOO, .1 tot.1l of 177,7(,] ,1ut'-fPCI of Proj('(t \Vater and Enterprise - Ownl'd Proipct W.lter
<br />W.1S .1Ilor,1Ipc/ to municip,ll and agricultural users within the District. 01 this 101.11, 1 H,OOh .Kre-feel ......ent
<br />fo municip,ll us('rs ,1I1e! 159,756 aCH.'-feet to ,1gricullural users, inrluding wl'llowners. \{l'turn flows for
<br />11ll' Yl.-'.u were 1 H, 13lJ .1ue-fel'l ,me! Winter Storage in Pueblo Reservoir wa~ 23.200 acre-fpd.
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<br />TIll' legisl,lIure is in session .1nd some W,ltN hill~ ,He heing considt'red. II behooves .111 w.1Il'r
<br />users, ,1Ild others, 10 walch Ih('se bills ,1I1d testify before cOlllmillees when IlL'edt'd.
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<br />As mentiolled ilt the ('nd of my 191)9 leller, pl,1I1s wt're l1Ping m.Hle to reloctltp thp District's oWn'
<br />building. This WolS acull1lplislwd during lilt' yt'.u illld we now h,1\'e.l 6,700 squ.He foot sl.lIl'-of-the-,ut
<br />building. that WilS cllmosl paid for by the s.lle procel'c/s irom the fornR'r propl'rty. The Ilew building is
<br />10c,lIed in the airport induslri.ll p.Hk, is closer to ,1 m,ljor number of our customers, and ...hould st'rve us
<br />well ior many ye.HS.
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