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Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Methods -Grant Application Form <br />aanaary Zoos <br />b} An area map showing each of the items above, as well as the locations of existing facilities, <br />proposed project facilities a~~d boundaries of lands involved in the proposed program/project. <br />A map of the Lower Arkansas River showing major surface water features and the <br />boundaries of the alluvial aquifer is attached as Map 1. The map also shows cities, <br />towns, and county boundaries. <br />A map of the irrigated acres under the Bessemer, Catlin, Fort Lyon, Holbrook, Otero, <br />Oxford and Rocky Ford HighLine ditches is attached as Map 2. These are the principal <br />irrigated acres that would be the source of water far water leasing. <br />A map of the Study area is attached as Map 3. This map shows county boundaries, <br />cities, towns, principal highways, and surface water features. In addition, it shows <br />some of the routes for pipelines being considered by the Lower District, Morley <br />Investments, and Pikes Peak Regional Water Authority. <br />c) Information regarding the irrigated lands that are involved in the program/project. This must <br />include a tabulation of total irrigated acreage, description of cropping types, crop yields, and total <br />average annual water diversions for existing agricultural lands. <br />This information is attached as Tables 1 through 3. <br />d) information regarding the location of the new water use{s} that will be served by transferred <br />water including the estimated number ofusers/taps andlor uses served. <br />While the service area encompasses perhaps a quarter of the population of the state, <br />the Super Ditch Company would serve only a portion. Target service locations include <br />municipalities that have expressed an interest in leasing water to supplement their <br />existing supplies, including Colorado Springs and Aurora. In addition, water providers <br />dependent upon Denver Basin ground water are actively looking for water to recharge <br />the aquifers to extend their life. For example, the Pikes Peak Regional Water Authority, <br />with over 15 member municipalities and water districts, has entered into a letter of intent <br />to lease 12,000 acre-feet of water per year. The Morley Companies have entered into <br />a similar letter of intent for 3,000 acre-feet per year. Other potential water users include <br />the South Metro Water Supply Authority, with members in Douglas and Arapahoe <br />counties, which is actively looking for renewable water supplies to recharge the <br />declining Denver Basin supplies upon which they depend. <br />Because leased water is expected to be a supplemental supply during times of drought, <br />for drought recovery, and for aquifer recharge, it is impossible to estimate the number of <br />users or taps that would be served until leases are consummated. For example, <br />municipal water use declines significantly during times of drought and water supplies <br />serve more users than in average or wet years. Conversely, drought recovery supplies <br />ultimately benefit all of the service users of the provider if it prevents mandatory <br />rationing during drought. On the other hand, it may simply spill from reservoirs if there <br />is an extended period of average or above average precipitation post drought. Different <br />still are Denver Basin ground water dependant providers who will lease water to <br />13 <br />