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Big Windsor Reservoir is the only reservoir under the Larimer Weld Irrigation Canal System <br />operated by the Larimer Weld Company. Big Windsor Reservoir has an absolute decreed <br />capacity of 32,909 acre-feet absolute of which 15,620 acre-feet is for refill. Big Windsor <br />Reservoir absolute storage water rights are presented in Table 10. <br />Table 10 <br />Big Windsor Reservoir Absolute Storage Rights <br /> Decreed <br /> <br />Source Adjudication Appropriation Administration Amount <br />Notes <br /> Date Date No. Absolute <br /> (acft) <br />h <br />l <br />C 12/9/1904 7/8/1890 14799.0 11,732 Ori final Fill <br />ac <br />e <br />a <br />P <br />Ri <br />d 12/9/1904 9/9/1901 18879.0 5,557 Original Fill <br />re <br />ver <br />ou 9/10/1953 9/15/1911 35050.22537 15,620 Refill <br />Source: Colorado Water Rights Tabulation <br />Ground Water Rights <br />It is not known if ground water wells are not used for irrigation purposes within the Larimer <br />Weld Company service area. <br />Transbasin Water <br />The ditch company is within the boundaries of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy <br />District (NCWCD). C-BT water can be delivered directly to the Poudre Valley Canal, the Little <br />Cache la Poudre Ditch, and the Larimer Weld Irrigation Canal headgates. The Larimer Weld <br />Company owns some C-BT units, however the total number is unknown. Individual ownership <br />of C-BT units under the Larimer Weld System is unknown. Water made available through the <br />C-BT Project can be used on ditch company lands, either directly or by exchange. <br />Administration <br />Administration of the water rights associated with the Larimer Weld Company involves <br />interaction with the Water District 3 Water Commissioner and the Division 1 Engineer. <br />Storage rights in the Cache la Poudre basin are generally senior to the downstream storage rights <br />on the South Platte River and are therefore able to divert, in priority, with respect to other active <br />winter diversions. In normal years, calls from the South Platte do not affect administration in <br />Water District 3, as water rights in the Cache la Poudre basin are generally senior to South Platte <br />River water rights. <br />OPERATIONAL INFORMATION <br />Operation of the Larimer Weld System is coordinated to optimize the various sources of Larimer <br />Weld affiliated company water including C-BT, direct flow, and storage for use both within the <br />Larimer Weld System and through exchange with other entities within Water District 3. <br />The Larimer Weld Company diverts water to satisfy the crop demand associated with lands <br />irrigated under the Little Cache la Poudre Ditch and the Larimer Weld Irrigation Canal. As <br />Larimer&Weld Memo.doc <br />17 of 20 <br />