C150252 Feasibility Study

• Contract/PO #: C150252
• Contractor Name: Henrylyn Irrigation District
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 0
• County: Weld
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

~ Prospect Reservoir, 1,690 acre feet, appropriation date of July 20, 1922, adjudication
date of November 12, 1924, case no. 54658, Denver District Court;
g) Horse Creek Reservoir, 2,550 acre feet, appropriation date of July 20, 1922,
adjudication date of November 12, 1924, case no. 54658, Denver District Court;
h) South Platte and Sand Creek Diversions, 100 c.f.s., appropriation date of August 6,
1976, adjudication date of July 10, 1989, case no. 84 CW 330 and 84 CW 331 (W-
8450-76), District Court, Water Division 1;
i) Lord Reservoir No. 4, 775 acre feet, appropriation date of June 4, 1906, adjudication
date of November 20, 1997, case no. 94 CW 299, District Court, Water Division No.
1.
The District delivers the water available under its ownership of 123 shares of Burlington Barr stock
and 560 shares of FRICO Barr Division stock from Barr Lake into FRICO's Neres Canal and then
into the District's Box Elder Lateral for the agricultural irrigation of the 3,075 acres which are
located within the District's Division I.
From Horse Creek Reservoir the Denver-Hudson Canal supplies irrigation water to seven laterals
and Lord Reservoir delivering irrigation water to the 20,460 acres which are located within the
District's Division II. The Denver-Hudson Canal also supplies the District's Prospect Reservoir.
From Prospect Reservoir the Prospect Lateral supplies irrigation water to two laterals and Olds
Reservoir delivering irrigation water to the 9,210 acres which are located within the District's
Division III. The lands below Prospect Reservoir are capable of receiving water stored in either
Horse Creek or Prospect Reservoirs.
All water diverted and stored by the District is delivered to landowners/taxpayers of the District and
used upon the lands (32,745 acres) located within the District, for agricultural irrigation purposes,
and other beneficial purposes as decreed. Each acre that is included within the legal boundaries of
the District is entitled to an annual "pro-rated" share or allocation of the water available under the
DistricYs water rights as determined by the manager of the District.
Every landowner's/taxpayer's allocation or prorate (otherwise known as their "acre-rights") is
calculated by taking the estimated total amount of water available for delivery to the entire district
in any give year and dividing this estimate by the total number of acres within the District. Thus,
if it is estimated there will be 15,000 acre feet of water available this year, and there are 30,000 acres
paying taxes in the District, this years prorate or allocation would be fifly (50%) percent, and each
landowner/taxpayer would receive delivery of one-half of an acre foot of water for each acre they
had within the District as their "acre-righY'.
Landowner's/taxpayer's are assessed and annual water tax, set by the board of directors of the
District, levied by the assessor and collected by the Weld County Treasurer. All water taxes must
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