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Feasibility Study Fulton Irrigation Ditch Company Spillway Repair Project Introduction The Fulton Irrigation Ditch Company ("Fulton"), located in Adams County, operates the Fulton Ditch for the benefit of the shareholders by providing direct flow irrigation water. The ditch diverts from the South Platte, at approximately 100th Avenue, and water deliveries are made through the Company's ditch to the approximately 37,628- acre service area. Late in the 2003 irrigation season a leak in the Fulton spillway was discovered, which if not repaired, will lead to a failure of the entire river diversion structure. Project Sponsor The Fulton is a mutual ditch company and a non-profit corporation registered in the State of Colorado. There are 220 shareholders and 7,185 shares of stock. The Fulton has the power to set annual assessments to be paid by the shareholders, the power to cut off water deliveries to shareholders that fail to pay their assessments, and the power to offer stock for sale to pay back assessments. The Fulton Articles of Incorporation and By Laws were included with its previously submitted application. Project Service Area and Facilities The Fulton provides irrigation water to approximately 37 ,628-acre service area in Adams County. The headworks for the Fulton Ditch are located in the NE lf4 SE lf4 Section 17, T25, R67W, 6th P.M., Adams County, at a point approximately 2,815 feet south and 145 feet West of the Northeast corner of said Section 17 at approximately 100th Avenue and the South Platte twenty-two (22) miles south of Brighton, and extends Northerly approximately 39 miles. Irrigated acreage within the service area is primarily used for the irrigation of vegetable and other crops though about 25% of the shares in the ditch are owned by municipalities and other water providers who augment those shares. A map of the Fulton Ditch and photos of the existing diversion attached to this report. Hydrology and Water Rights The source of water for the Company is direct flow water rights out of the South Platte River. The water rights diverted at the Fulton headgate consist of three (3) rights with dates of appropriation May 1,1865, July 8,1876 and November 5,1879 and totaling 204.18 cfs. The Fulton owns all of these rights totaling 204.18 cfs. Records ofthe State Engineer's Office indicate that total average annual diversions are 30,666 acre-feet, based on record years 1999 through 2003, and that the maximum diversion rate was 32,656 cfs for record year 2000. In 1999 Fulton diverted 29,642 acre-feet in 2000,32,656; in 2001 31,735; in 200232,541 and in 2003,26,756. Page 5 of9 C:\Documents and Settings\Jody Kamm\My Documents\Ditches\Fulton\Spillway\FeasibilityStudy.doc