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Information in this memorandum is believed to be accurate and is subject to change. This <br />information should not be relied upon in any legal proceeding. <br />SYSTEM OVERVIEW <br />The Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company was formed in the early 1900s to provide <br />irrigation water to lands north of Denver and on both sides of the South Platte River. Major <br />sources of water in these areas were identified and the following four prin cipal reservoirs were <br />constructed to regulate and stor e water for irrigation: Barr Lake , Marshall Lake, Milton Lake <br />(Reservoir), and Standley Lake. Today, FRICO is a mutual ditch company with four Divisions <br />operating independently around each of the major reservoirs. <br />Due to numerous water rights change cases th at have occurred since the 1970s, the FRICO– <br />Standley Lake Division currently supplies both irrigation water to share holders (approximately <br />one-third of system yield) and water to three m unicipal water providers (Cities of Westminster, <br />Northglenn, and Thornton - the Standley Lake Ci ties). A number of canal s divert both storage <br />water and direct flow from Cl ear Creek, Ralston Creek, Leyden Creek, and Coal Creek. Woman <br />Creek terminates at and directly contributes wate r to the reservoir. Key structures identified in <br />this system are as follows while other structures associated with one or more users are described <br />in this memorandum under Operational Information: <br />1) Church Ditch <br />2) Farmers’ High Line Canal <br />3) Croke Canal <br />4) Kinnear Pipeline <br />5) Standley Lake Reservoir <br />PHYSICAL INFORMATION <br />Figure 1 <br />The locations of the FRICO–Standley Lake Division featur es are shown in . Standley <br />Lake is not operated for fl ood control or hydropower. <br />2 of 24 <br />