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L.ower Latham Reservoir Company January 19, 2010 (UPDATED February 4, 2010) Page 3 of 7 TABLE 1 W ATF.R RiGHTS Agenda Item 26a Appropriation Rate Decreed Water Water Right Date (cfs) Use Source Lower Latham 5/12/1869 20.4 Irrigation South Platte Ditch Lower Latham 12/12/1874 35.77 Irrigation South Platte Ditch Lower Latham 11/14/1877 97.68 Irrigation South Platte Ditch Lower Latham 10/24/1881 133.88 Irrigation South Platte Ditch Lower Latham 3/1/1889 35.0 Irrigation South Platte Drain The total imgated acreage in the Company's SWSP is 7,985.9 acres. For the 2009 plan year (April 2009 through March 2010), the total stream replacement obligation was determined to be 480.4 acre-feet (AF). The 2009 SWSP provides augmentation water from the following sources: shares of LLDC water, shares of Union Ditch Company, shares of Greeley Irrigation Company, and an agreement with the City of Longmont (subject to renewal) to exchange shares of Colorado Big Thompson (CBT) water owned by the Company for its municipal effluent. The 2010 SWSP Renewal Request was prepa.red and submitted to the SEO in December 2009. SWSP renewals are usually approved by March 31 of each year. The water rights being purchased through this loan request will provide an additiona1278.8 AF of consumptive use. The LLDC water is currently decreed for irrigation use. The Company has applied for a change in use to include augmentation. These rights will be included in the SWSP or plan for augmentation beginning in 2011. In addition, the augmentation plan application will be amended to include all acquisitions, including those to be covered by the CWCB loan. Project Description The Company is in need of additional water rights for its plan for augmentation. It also needs either reservoir storage or recharge facilities to store excess consumptive use credits from the LLDC shares delivered during the summer and released during winter months to satisfy its well augmentation requirements and winter return flow obligations associated with the LLDC shares. The Company anticipates it will need recharge facilities or storage space capable of delivering 1,200 AF of water during winter months to meet the ultimate needs of the plan for augmentation. The Company considered several potential alternatives for both replacement water sources for its plan for augmentation and for its recharge facilities: Water Rights Purchase Alternatives Alternative No. la — No action: This alternative was considered unacceptable to the Company as it determined that additional replacement sources are necessary to provide sufficient water during extended drought periods.