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Arveschoug: A,rora should be excluded from reservoir project <br />,f <br />http://www.chieftain.com/print.php3?story--2 <br />this and maybe last year, we argue they are paying below market rates. In relation to other types of <br />contracts they have, specifically with the Pueblo Board of Water Works, they are paying less to the <br />proj ect." <br />Aurora pays the out -of- district rate to store water in the project, and the Bureau of Reclamation has <br />upped that rate the past two years, Arveschoug noted. Aurora pays $11 an acre -foot for exchange <br />contracts and $23 an acre -foot for storage contracts. These payments go to the Bureau of Reclamation, <br />and the conservancy district gets $2 an acre -foot surcharge to pay for the Safety of Dams program. In the <br />future, under the terms being discussed, that surcharge would be increased to $10 an acre -foot, to be <br />used for Safety of Dams and operation and maintenance. <br />An in- district entity pays $14 an acre -foot for storage in the project. <br />Alan Hamel, executive director of the Board of Water Works, said it has a lease contract and an <br />exchange contract with Aurora. The exchange contract is for a quantity not to exceed 10,000 acre -feet, <br />and Aurora pays $52.50 an acre -foot for the first 4,000 acre -feet, and approximately $63 an acre -foot for <br />anything between 4,000 and 10,000 acre -feet. According to the contract, Aurora must pay for the first <br />4,000 acre -feet - approximately $210,000 a year - whether or not it exercises its right to the exchange. <br />He explained the exchange this way: "We get wet water for wet water. We move water from their space <br />into ours, and we give them an equal amount upstream in Clear Creek, Twin Lakes or Turquoise, mainly <br />Twin Lakes or Turquoise. We take Rocky Ford water and give them transmountain water at one of three <br />places, and for that we charge them a fee." <br />The public may comment on the latest proposal in letters sent to the conservancy district, 31717 United <br />Ave., Pueblo 81001, or in a -mails sent to contactgsecwcd.com. <br />©1996 -2000 The pueblo Chieftain Online <br />2 of 2 9/17/014:58 PM <br />