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Conveyance Efficiency: Fort Morgan Canal experiences seepage losses that can range from 35 <br />to 50 % depending on the flow. <br />Return Flow Locations: Canal seepage losses generally accrue to the lands with the Fort <br />Morgan service area, benefiting irrigation and augmentation wells in the area. <br />Ultimately, the channel seepage losses and irrigation return flows accrue to the South <br />Platte River. <br />Irrigated Crops: Over 15,000 acres are irrigated under Fort Morgan each year, using direct flow <br />diversions, Jackson Lake Reservoir storage water and ground water. Crop types planted <br />within the Fort Morgan service area include: corn, comprising approximately 80% of the <br />total crops grown, and alfalfa, wheat, oats, sugar beet and irrigated pasture land combined <br />to make up the other 20%. <br />HydroBase Data: Historical records of direct flow diversions for irrigation, including the <br />diversions of Jackson Lake Reservoir releases, are recorded in Hydrobase under Fort <br />Morgan Canal. Total historical diversions the canal structure average approximately <br />49,500 acre-feet per year. Records include diversions of Jackson Lake Reservoir <br />releases, diversions of C-BT water, diversions for the Fort Morgan augmentation plan <br />and diversions for the Western Sugar Plant. Diversion records are generally available in <br />Hydrobase from 1950 through 2003. <br />WATER RIGHTS <br />The shareholders in the Company have ownership of the associated water rights on the inlet <br />canal, as shown in Table 2, and the storage rights in the reservoir, as shown in Table 4. Fort <br />Morgan has ownership of two direct flow water rights on the canal, as shown in Table 3. <br />Direct Flow Rights <br />Jackson Lake Inlet has a decreed water right of 400 cfs for storage water rights associated with <br />Jackson Reservoir and also a decreed water right of 400 cfs for the refill of storage water rights <br />associated with the reservoir. <br />Table 2 <br />Direct Flow Rights -Jackson Lake Inlet i <br />Source Appropriation <br />Date Adjudication <br />Date Administration <br />No. Decreed <br />Amount Uses <br />South Platte River 5/18/1901 1/15/1914 18765.00000 400 cfs Stora e <br />South Platte River 5/18/1901 5/11/1915 19918.18765 400 cfs Storage <br />South Platte River 12/31/1929 6/8/1965 31423.29219 400 cfs Stora e <br />South Platte River 12/31/1973 12/31/1985 49308.45290 30 cfs ~ Storage & <br />Irri ation <br />Notes: 1. Colorado Water Rights Tabulation <br />Fort Morgan Canal has a direct flow water right decreed for 323 cfs used for irrigation and a <br />decreed water right of 197.9 cfs used to divert water for the Fort Morgan augmentation plan. <br />Jackson Lake Reservoir System Page 10 of 14 <br />