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<br />pay back assessments. The LL&D articles of incorporation and by-laws are included in <br />Appendix A. <br /> <br />Project Service Area and Facilities <br /> <br />The LL&D provides irrigation water to a 500~acre service area in Larimer County. The <br />heading for the LL&D Ditch system is located west of the Town of Berthoud, on Larimer <br />County Road 17 and comprised of two primary laterals. The first extends south <br />approximately % miles and then east approximately 1 mile. The second extends east <br />approximately 1 mile. Irrigated acreage within the service area is primarily used to grow <br />hay or corn, or to supply raw water irrigation systems for residential shareholders. Hay <br />and corn crops are used as cattle feed, or are sold. A map of the LL&D reservoir and <br />ditch system is shown on page 9. A map of the service area may be found in Appendix <br />E. <br /> <br />Hydrology and Water Rights <br /> <br />The source of water for the LL&D is storage water rights out of the Big Thompson River. <br />There are 3 rights with dates of appropriation ranging from 1885 to 1905 and totaling <br />2,908.2 acre-feet. The LL&D owns these 3 rights. Due to the drought in recent years <br />Loveland Reservoir has only infrequently been in priority to store water. The last year the <br />reservoir was in priority was 2005 and at that time about 1 ,000 acre~feet was stored. <br />With the heavier snowfalls in the last two years, area reservoirs of higher priority are <br />becoming more full earlier in the season thus increasing the chances of breaking the <br />effects of drought and enabling the Loveland Reservoir to come into priority. <br /> <br />Loveland Lake and Ditch Company <br />Inlet Structure Upgrade Feasibility Study <br />February 1,2008 <br /> <br />8 of 47 <br />