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<br />Louden Irrigating Canal & Reservoir Company <br />July 15,2008 <br />Page 3 of6 <br /> <br />Agenda Item 16a <br /> <br />Water Rights <br /> <br />The Borrower owns water out of the Big Thompson River: <br /> <br />Table 1. Water Rights <br /> <br />Name <br /> <br />Amount <br /> <br />Appropriation <br />Date <br />11/10/1861 <br /> <br />Priority <br /> <br />Use <br /> <br />Louden Ditch <br /> <br />...............~.... <br />7 cfs <br /> <br />Rist Benson <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />River Direct Flow <br />......._ ...... .... .... ..._p.~g.~!y~9..:.!.... ......_ <br />10/1/1871 Big Thompson River <br />Direct Flow Priority No. <br />18 <br />mm"H. ..........._._H......W...H..........._........H ....................._........ <br />Big Thompson River Irrigation, domestic, <br />Direct Flow Priority No. manufacturing <br />38 <br />...........H.........H.........H..................H............"OM' .,....................................... . m.. , ...-nommm........................ .......mm..................................... <br /> .................................................... ................mm.....................H.......... ..."...................H.... .... mmnommm....................... ............................. <br />...................... <br />Donath Reservoir 1148 AF 2/24/1883 Big Thompson River Irrigation <br />Storage <br />"......._......_ ............ ...... ...... . . ...............e~I?~~y.~9.:?. """""""""'"'''''''''''' ..."......."..__._.... .. """"_'''''''''''''''''''''' <br />373.8 AF 4/26/1903 Big Thompson River <br />Storage <br />..........p.~g~~y..~9..:.??_ ........................................................._. <br />Big Thompson River Irrigation <br />Storage Priority No. 52 <br /> <br />Louden Ditch <br /> <br />40 cfs <br /> <br />Irrigation, domestic, <br />m'.lP:~f<:t_c.:.~!:1:g.._........................._... <br />Irrigation, domestic, <br />manufacturing <br /> <br />Louden Ditch <br /> <br />123 cfs <br /> <br />11/1/1877 <br /> <br />Irrigation <br /> <br />............... <br />Rist Benson <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />...........H........W......_._.............H......... ............................... ......,....." <br />117.6 AF 12/31/1930 <br /> <br />The total appropriation for Rist Benson Reservoir is for 491.4 AF' On average, the Borrower's <br />Louden Ditch runs about 8,000 AF of water each year. <br /> <br />Project Description <br /> <br />The Borrower is undertaking the Project to meet the requirements of the State Engineer's Office <br />(SEO). Since 2005, the Reservoir has been restricted to gauge height (GH) 10.0 (341 AF of storage) <br />due to seepage problems. The repairs completed through this Project will allow for full storage to <br />GH 12.4. This will increase the storage by 150 AF to a total storage of 491 AF and will allow the <br />Borrower to continue to provide irrigation water to it~ shareholders. <br /> <br />Approximately 400 feet of the embankment was not repaired with the previous improvements made <br />in 1993 and 2001. When the Reservoir level is greater than GH 10.0, seepage can be seen along the <br />downstream toe of this section. For this reason, the SEO has placed the Reservoir on a fill <br />restriction. Additionally, the upstream face of the dam (in the non-recompacted section) does not <br />have riprap protection. A portion of that section has also experienced settlement issues. The <br />Borrower intends to address all ofthese issues with the rehabilitation and bring the Reservoir back <br />to its full capacity. <br />