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The FRICO–Milton L a ke Division is located in Wa ter District 2 on the ea st side of the South <br />Platte River in W e ld County, Colorad o. All of the com ponents in the FRIC O–Milton L a ke <br />Division except for the E v ans No. 2 Ditch are owned and operated by FRICO. <br />The Farm ers Reservoir and Irrigation Com p any and <br />th <br />80 South 27 <br /> Avenue <br />Brighton, C o lorado 80601 <br /> Phone: 303.659.7373 <br />1) Platte Valley Canal (Structure ID 0200818) <br />The Platte Valley Canal headgate is located on th e east s i de o f th e South Platte River, northwest <br />of the Town of Hudson. The canal shares this he adgate with the Evans No. 2 ditch. T h e original <br />construction of the Platte Valley Canal included two phases of work: enlargem ent of the Evans <br />No. 2 Ditch from the headgate to the bifurcati on and construction of the new section of canal <br />which branched off of the enlarged E v ans No. 2 Ditch. This construction was com p le ted by the <br />fall of 1911. <br />Platte Valley Canal water is carried through th e Evans No. 2 Ditch from the headgate in a <br />northern direction for about 10 m iles at which po int th e ditch bif u rcate s to produce the Platte <br />Valley Canal and the rem a inder of the Evans No. 2 Ditch. After bifurcating, the Platte Valley <br />Canal continues in a northeastern direction for approxim a tely 10 m iles, running parallel to <br />Evan’s Ditch No. 2 at a higher elevation, and feeds Milton L a ke. The canal is unlined. <br />The Evans No. 2 Ditch conveys direct flow water to its shareholders. Aside from the shared <br />headgate, the Evans No. 2 system is operated co mpletely independent from the FRICO system . <br />FRICO is a stockholder of one share out of a to tal 344 shares in the Evans No. 2 Ditch, which <br />gives them t h e right to a m i nor por tion of the direct flow. Note th at along with direct f l ow rights, <br />each share in the Evans No. 2 Ditch Com p any also has 30 CBT units, un less th at sh areholder has <br />sold the CB T units of f . <br />Length: <br />The entire canal length from the headgate, in cluding the shared portion of canal with the <br />Evans No. 2 Ditch, is approxim a tely 26 m iles. <br />Capacity: <br />T h e capacity of the canal is approximately 500 cfs th roughout its entire length. <br />Conveyance Efficiency : <br /> Conveyance losses are estim ated to be around 20%. <br />Irrigated Acreage and Crop Types : <br />There are approxim a tely 13,000 irrigated acres under the <br />FRICO–Milton System , based on the SPDSS irri gated acreag e assessm ent and es tim ates <br />provided by FRICO. A s m all percentage of these lands can receive water from both the <br />FRICO–Barr and the FR ICO–Milton system s. <br />Groundw at er Use: <br />There is a sign ificant am ount of gr ound water use u nder the FR ICO-Milto n <br />system . Gr ound water is used as a supplem en tal source in som e areas and as the only <br />water source on other lands. Ground wate r pum ping is generally covered under <br />FRICO_Milton.doc 4 of 10 <br />