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The Lower District comn~jssioned n engineering feasibility study ~ proof of concept <br />- in gg~. HDR prepared the study, which concluded that the formation of leasing program <br />was feasible encompassing ditches diverging from Puebla Reservoir to John Martin <br />Reservoir. HDR engineering, inc., "Lower Arkansas Valley Vvater Leasing Potential, <br />Preliminary l=easi~ility Investigation" ~.lune 19, gD6 - draft}. The Lauver District <br />subsequently cor~missianed a detailed engineering study of a avatar leasing program, <br />uvhich HER completed in ~g~7. HDR Engineering, Inc.F Rotational Lend 1=allowing-1JI#ater, <br />"Leasing Program engineering and Economic 1"easidility Analysis, l=final Report" ~l~ov. <br />~gg~}. <br />The Louver District also instructed special counsel to investigate the legal aspects of <br />a water leasing program in ~OaG. Special counsel concluded that a water leasing program <br />could be implemented under e~cisting law through an adjudication a~ a change of avatar <br />right. Special counsel also identified institutional hurdles to a water leasing program, <br />including restrictions on place of use in ditch company articles of incorporation and bylaws, <br />and sn-called 04~ permitting requirements of Lower Valley counties. <br />Also in ~00~, special counsel contacted board members of the Palo Verde Cal.} <br />irrigation district {"PV1D"~ and the general counsel of the l~lletropolitan Uvater district of <br />Southern California concerning the water leasing program they were negotiating, and <br />ultimately consummated at the end of gq~. In early ~Dq7, the Lower District invited <br />representatives of Lower Valley ditch companies to pa~icipate in afoot-finding trip to the <br />Imperial Valley of California to meet with irrigator-water lessors of the PVID, The trip <br />resulted in formation of a Steering Committee carpased of Lower Malley irrigators to work <br />with the Louver District, its engineers, consultants, and attorneys on the formatian of the <br />Super Ditch Company. The Steering Can~mittee has been meeting bi-monthly with the <br />engineers, consultants, and attorneys to craft the argani.atianal and operational details of <br />the Super Ditch Company. <br />Provided below is a summary of the applicant's scope of work: <br />• Task A-Economics (Determination of market price in wet, average, dry <br />years and further refinement of economic assumptions). <br />• Task B-Pipeline Alternatives (recommended pipeline alignment, capacity, <br />configuration, preliminary costs estimates, construction schedule). <br />• Task C-Delivered Water Quality <br />• Task D-Application of Arkansas River GedDSS to model effects on surface, <br />groundwater and water quality. <br />• Task E-Antitrust Issues -Analysis <br />• Task F-Effects on corn yield, nutrient needs and economics of land when <br />followed <br />• Task G-Report on Water Leasing Concept and Super Ditch <br />