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LAND OWNERSHIP <br />The land irrigated in the project service area includes private farms, ranches, public parks, open <br />space areas, and golf courses. <br />WATER RIGHTS <br />The Company owns the 33 most senior direct flow rights on Left Hand Creek totaling 294.58 cfs <br />and effectively controlling the entire flow of Left Hand Creek. The Company also owns two direct <br />flow priorities out of South St Vrain Creek totaling 726 cfs. Water diverted from South St. Vrain <br />Creek represents a majority of the total supply of the Left Hand Ditch Company. To regulate <br />flows and to provide supply during times of diminished stream flow the Company owns five <br />reservoirs including Allen Lake and Lake Isabelle. Table 1 lists the storage rights and Table 2 list <br />direct flow water rights of the company. <br />Table 1 Left Hand Ditch Company Storage Rights <br />Storage Ri hts <br />Source <br />Reservior Name <br />Appropriation <br />Date <br />Adjudication <br />Date <br />Administration <br />No. <br />Amount Decreed <br />Notes <br />South Fork <br />St. Vrain <br />Creek <br />Lake Isabelle <br />9/15/1907 <br />6/1/1926 <br />21076.0 <br />208.38 ac -ft <br />1 9/15/1907 <br />6/1/1926 <br />21076.0 <br />601.42 ac -ft <br />Total 809.8 ac -ft <br />James <br />Creek <br />Gold Lake <br />9/1/1879 <br />3/13/1907 <br />11841.10836 <br />354 ac -ft <br />5/1811904 <br />3/13/1907 <br />19861.0 <br />82 ac -ft <br />1St Enlargement <br />12/31/1929 <br />7/23/1951 <br />29219.0 <br />290.66 ac -ft <br />Refill <br />12/31/1929 <br />7/23/1951 <br />29219.0 <br />145.34 ac -ft ��� <br />Refill - Aban. <br />Total 726.66 ac -ft <br />Left Hand <br />Creek <br />Left Hand Park <br />Reservoir <br />8/5/1891 <br />3/13/1907 <br />15192.0 <br />185 ac -ft <br />8/1/1961 <br />2/25/1971 <br />40755.0 <br />1102.32 ac -ft <br />1S` Enlargement <br />Total 1287.32 ac -ft <br />Aliens Lake <br />12/2/1918 <br />7/23/1951 <br />21076.0 <br />134.2 ac -ft <br />5/17/1927 <br />7/23/1951 <br />21076.0 <br />569.5 ac -ft <br />1St Enlargement <br />12/31/1929 <br />7/23/1951 <br />18832.00 <br />703.7 ac -ft <br />Refill <br />Total 1407.4 ac -ft <br />Left Hand Valley <br />Reservoir I <br />5/15/1945 <br />7/23/1951 <br />18832.00 1 <br />10572.6 ac -ft <br />ITotal <br />10572.6 ac -ft <br />Source: Colorado Water Conservation Board SPDSS Memorandum, January 5, 2005 <br />(1) Conditional Refill water right for 145.34 ac -ft abandoned in 1965 <br />Allen Lake and Lake Isabelle — 12.012 <br />Left Hand Ditch Company Page 6 <br />