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Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Methods -Grant Application Form
<br />January 20(18
<br />Carlson, Hammond & Paddock, David Robbins, Esq., Hill & Robbins, Anthony van
<br />Westrum, LLC, and Trout, Raley, Montano, Witwer & Freeman, P.C. on-going. This joint
<br />effort has focused on legal impediments to municipal water leasing and the devleopment
<br />of solutions to identified issues.
<br />Preliminary engineering report for pipeline from Lower Arkansas Valley to northeast EI
<br />Paso County. Boyle Engineering, under contract to Pikes Peak Regional Water
<br />Authority, Lower Ark WCD, and Morley Investments, draft expected April 2ga8. This
<br />engineering analysis was commissioned to look at the feasibility of combing four planned
<br />pipelines into one pipeline. Specifically, PureCycle, Morley Investments and the Pikes
<br />Peak Regional Water Authority, in addition to the Lower District for the Super Ditch
<br />Company, plan pipelines to deliver water from the Lower Arkansas River to northeast Ei
<br />Paso County. This study is to examine the feasibilty of a single pipeline project that
<br />would meet the needs of all four entities, although it would include branches to serve
<br />specific needs of the individual participants.
<br />2. Study ArealService Area Description
<br />The study arealservice area is generally the geographic area that is the subject of the proposed
<br />program/project {include both the source of supply and location and type of new use}. The description
<br />should include the following items:
<br />a) A narrative description of the study arealservice area including: the county, the location of towns
<br />or cities, topography, and locations of major surface and ground water features.
<br />Source of supply. The study area for water leasing includes land irrigated in the Lower
<br />Arkansas Valley from diversions from the Arkansas River from Pueblo Dam to Jahn
<br />Martin Reservoir. The major surface water feature is the Arkansas River, and the major
<br />ground water feature is the alluvium associated with the River. The area includes
<br />irrigated portions of Pueblo, Otero, Bent, Crowley and Prowers counties. Principal cites
<br />and towns within the area include Manzanola, Fowler, Rocky Ford, and La Junta.
<br />Service area. The major surface water features in the service area include, in addition
<br />to the main stem of the Lower Arkansas River to the confluence of Fountain Creek,
<br />Monument and Fountain Creeks, and the South Platte River basin, including tributaries
<br />from the east, from the foothills to Sand Creep. The major ground water features of the
<br />service area are the Denver Basin aquifers, and the Upper Black Squirrel Creek
<br />designated ground water basin. The service area includes portions of Pueblo, Pueblo
<br />West, El Paso, Douglas, and Arapahoe counties, and the Cities and Towns of Pueblo,
<br />Colorado Springs, Aurora, Monument, Fountain, and Palmer Lake, as well as
<br />developed but unincorporated areas served by metropolitan, water and developer
<br />districts, such as Academy Water and Sanitation District, Cherokee Metropolitan
<br />District, Donala Water and Sanitation District, Triview Metropolitan District, Woodmoor
<br />Water and Sanitation District, and the Morley Companies.
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