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Direct Flow Rights <br />The Lower Latham Ditch Diversion System has a total decreed flow rate of 304.99 cfs from the <br />South Platte River for irrigation uses, as summarized in Table 2. <br />Table 2 <br />Direct Flow Rights -Lower Latham Ditch Company <br /> Appropriation Adjudication Administration Decreed Notes <br />Structure Date Date No. Amount <br /> 05/12/1869 04/28/1883 7072.0 21.62 <br /> 12/12/1874 04/28/1883 9112.0 35.77 lgt Enlt. <br /> 11/14/1877 04/28/1883 10180.0 97.68 2"d Enlt. <br />Lower Latham 10/24/1881 04/28/1883 11620.0 133.88 3~d Enlt. <br />Ditch Total 288.95 <br /> Storage in <br /> 06/20/1895 08/02/1918 16607.0 34.00 Loloff <br /> Reservoir <br />Lower Latham 3/1/1889 8/2/1918 15895 <br />14305 35 <br />00 <br />Drain . . <br /> 6/23/1898 8/2/1918 17706.0 183.00 Storage in <br />Union Ditch 6/24/1900 8/2/1918 18437.0 183.00 Lower Latham <br /> <br /> 8/7/1915 11/12/1924 25050.23959 183.00 Reservoir <br />Source: Colorado Water Rights Tabulation. <br />Storage Rights <br />The storage rights associated with Lower Latham Reservoir and Loloff Reservoir are <br />summarized in Table 3. <br />Table 3 <br />Storage Rights -Lower Latham Reservoir Company <br /> Appropriation Adjudication Administration Decreed <br />Storage Unit Amount Notes <br /> Date Date No. (ac-ft) <br /> 6/23/1898 2/8/1918 17706.0 4,325.07 <br />Lower Latham 6/24/1900 2/8/1918 18437.0 1,430.21 lgt Enlt. <br />Reservoir 7/8/1915 12/11/1924 25050.23959 2,180.89 2"dEnlt. <br /> Total 7,936.17 <br />Loloff Decreed for <br />Reservoir 6/20/1895 8/2/1918 16607.0 144.62 irrigation, <br /> but not used. <br />Source: Colorado Water Rights Tabulation <br />Changed Water Rights <br />There are three court cases associated with change of use within the Lower Latham Ditch and <br />Reservoir System. Cases W7639 and W2376 involve the exchange of 5.5 shares of the Lower <br />Latham Ditch Company and 3.75 shares of the Lower Latham Reservoir Company to Monfort of <br />Colorado, Inc. The court decrees do not list water amounts or limits. Case 88CW264(b) ordered <br />the changes listed in Table 4 to National Hog Farm, Inc. <br />Lower Latham Ditch Memo.doc 10 of 12 <br />