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<br />The CCWCD, located in Adams, Weld, and Morgan Counties has a service area of 300
<br />square miles. The Subdistrict has 650 members with 966 junior wells and has operated an
<br />augmentation plan for these members since 1973. On December 17, 2001, the Colorado Supreme
<br />Court issued a judgment that changed the manner of operation for substitute supply plans in
<br />Colorado. The ruling stated that the State Engineer did not have the legal authority to approve
<br />substitute supply plans. The Court also stated that substitute supply plans, such as the one operated
<br />by CCWCD would either have to file for a decree in Water Court or follow new Rules and
<br />Regulations to be issued by the State Engineer. This ruling has required CCWCD to acquire more
<br />senior water rights as well as build additional storage to augment out-of-priority diversions.
<br />The CCWCD obtained two separate loan authorization from the Board, a$15,000,000 loan
<br />in November of 2002 and a$S,OOO,OOO loan in November of 2003, for a total loan of $20,000,000.
<br />With these loan funds the CCWCD purchased approximately 3,965 acre-feet of water rights from
<br />various sources and created approximately 5,500 acre-feet of storage. The cost per acre-foot to
<br />purchase water ranged from $1,192 to $7,583, with a median price of approximately $2,500 per
<br />acre-foot. The average storage cost was approximately $2,000 per acre-foot, involving Walker
<br />Reservoir in Brighton, Koeing Reservoir in Fort Lupton, 83 Street Reservoir in Greeley, and the
<br />Bernhardt Reservoir in Milliken.
<br />CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT
<br />WATER RIGHTS PURCHASE AND WATER STORAGE CONSTRUCTION
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