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Lower Community <br />FRICO's portion of the Marshall Lake releases is discharged from the Louisville Pipeline <br />to the Lower Community Ditch for irrigation of FRICO lands. The Lower Community <br />Ditch also receives a minor amount of water conveyed from Clear Creek and Ralston <br />Creek through the Church Ditch and from Coal Creek, and from Rock Creek. Owned <br />and operated by FRICO, the ditch travels in an easterly direction to the eastern edge of <br />Water District 6, at which point in turns northward following the Water District boundary <br />and travels through Water Districts 2 and 5 for a total length of approximately 38 miles. <br />The Lower Community Ditch bifurcates into West Community and East Community <br />branches in Section 16, Township 1 North, Range 68 West and terminates around <br />Highway 52. Portions of the Lower Community Ditch are piped through the Rock Creek <br />District and lined through the Interlocken District. <br />The capacity of the Lower Community Ditch was originally thought to be around 90 to <br />100 cfs. Due to the additional release capacity brought about by the installation of the <br />Louisville Pipeline in the early 1980's, the capacity of Lower Community Ditch is now <br />estimated to be approximately 116 cfs. Lower Community Ditch flows are measured <br />near 144th at the Broadlands. Lower Community Ditch conveyance losses are estimated <br />to be around 30% throughout the entire system. An average conveyance loss of 25% was <br />used in the Louisville water rights transfer.4 <br />WATER RIGHTS <br />FRICO has ownership of both storage and direct flow water rights. A summary of the water <br />rights associated with Community Ditch is shown in Table 3. The storage rights for Marshall <br />Lake and McKay Lake are listed in Table 4 and Table 5, respectively. <br />Direct Flow Rights: <br />Table 3 <br />Water Rights -Community Ditch i <br /> Decreed <br /> Appropriation Adjudication Administration a <br />Source Amount Uses <br /> Date Date No. (cfs) <br />South Boulder Creek 5/1/1863 6/2/1882 4869.00000 5.28 Irrigation <br /> 6/1/1872 6/2/1882 8188 <br />00000 53 <br />35 Storage & <br /> . . Irri ation <br /> 6/6/1885 12/19/1900 12941 <br />00000 83 <br />105 Storage & <br /> . . Irrigation <br /> Storage & <br /> 5/1/1888 12/19/1900 14001.00000 10 Irri ation <br /> 5/15/1888 3/13/1907 14015.00000 12.36 Storage <br /> 7/13/1889 12/19/1900 14439.00000 20 Storage <br /> 10/15/1882 3/13/1907 18615.11976 7 Storage <br /> 2/26/1900 4/10/1905 18615 <br />18319 45 <br />6 Storage & <br /> . . Irri ation <br />FRICO_Marshall.doc 8 of 12 <br />