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SYSTEM OVERVIEW <br />The Larimer and Weld Irrigation Company (the Larimer Weld Company) is comprised of a <br />consortium of affiliated irrigation and reservoir companies that operate various canals and <br />reservoirs predominantly in Larimer County and extending into Weld County. Affiliated <br />companies under the Larimer Weld Company include the following: <br />• Larimer and Weld Irrigation Company, <br />• Larimer and Weld Reservoir Company, <br />• Windsor Reservoir and Canal Company, <br />• Divide Reservoir and Canal Company, and <br />• Little Cache la Poudre Irrigation Company. <br />The Larimer Weld Company provides direct flow water, storage water, and transmountain water <br />to irrigators located within its system and for the purpose of exchange. The Larimer Weld <br />Company System (the Larimer Weld System) lies predominately within Water District 3 of <br />Water Division 1 and extends east into Water District 1. With the exception of the high <br />mountain components of the Larimer Weld System, the Larimer Weld System begins <br />downstream of the confluence of the North Fork and mainstem of the Cache la Poudre River and <br />extends east to a point approximately 11 miles east of Eaton, Colorado. <br />Reservoirs throughout the Larimer Weld System are used for a variety of uses including storage, <br />exchange, and system regulation. Operation of the Larimer Weld System is coordinated in an <br />effort to optimize District resources. Additionally, operation of the Larimer Weld System <br />involves coordination with the other main irrigating companies in the Water District including <br />North Poudre Irrigation Company (NPIC), Water Supply and Storage Company (WSSC), and the <br />New Cache la Poudre Irrigating Company (New Cache Company). <br />Key structures identified in the Larimer Weld System are as follows: <br />1) Larimer and Weld High Mountain System <br />• Laramie Poudre Tunnel <br />• Wilson Supply Ditch <br />• Worster Reservoir <br />2) Poudre Valley Canal System <br />• Poudre Valley Canal <br />• Poudre Valley Canal Reservoir System <br />- Douglas Reservoir <br />- Little Windsor Reservoir (aka Windsor Reservoir No. 8) <br />- Annex No. 8 <br />- Elder Reservoir <br />- Cobb Lake <br />3) Little Cache la Poudre System <br />• Cache la Poudre Ditch (aka Little Cache la Poudre Ditch) <br />• Larimer Weld Reservoir (aka Terry Lake) <br />Larimer&Weld Memo.doc <br />2 of 20 <br />