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Water is delivered down Four Mile Creek to Pisgah shareholders in Canon City. Water is delivered down Four Mile Creek and the Arkansas River to Pisgah shareholders in Otero County. Current water usage is about 1000 A.F. per year, depending on the snow pack and rainfall. The Service Area reaches from Manzanola to La Junta, in Otero County, Colorado. Water from the reservoir travels through Teller, Fremont, Pueblo and Crowley Counties on its way to its destinations in Otero County. La Junta is the Otero County seat. Otero County had a population of approximately 19,000 in 2009, a population that has been slowly declining over the last decade. The unemployment rate in Otero County is slightly less than the state's average, with agricultural employment running as the fourth highest sector of employment, after government, health services, and retail trade. In 2007, Otero County had 624,123 acres of agricultural land. (source: Otero County Demographic Profile at www.colorado.gov) Previous Studies August 2011 Mt. Pisgah Dam and Reservoir Outlet Inspection This inspection followed the June 2011 SEO Inspection. The reservoir was drained so that a detailed examination of the intake structure, concrete intake tunnel, pipes, control valves, and discharge tunnel could be made. Project Sponsor The Pisgah Reservoir and Ditch Company is a mutual ditch company and a non -profit corporation. It was incorporated in 1923. (see Appendix A for Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws) The company has 573 shareholders. There are a total of 25,000 shares and approximately 20,000 acres irrigated. The 100 -year diversion average is approximately 86,000 acre feet per year. Shareholders are also associated either with the Catlin Canal Company or the Canon Heights Irrigation and Reservoir Company. Shareholders include agricultural users, Park Center Water Company and the Division of Wildlife. Shareholders were assessed $3.00 per share in 2012 as a revenue source for the Company. Rates were doubled between 2011 and 2012 in order to assist in funding this project. The reservoir has been leased for recreational purposes from time to time as an additional source of revenue. Wrights Reservoir and the Mt Pisgah dam are the only water supply facilities owned and operated by the Company. Water Rights Wrights Reservoir was originally constructed around 1911. The property changed hands in 1918, and storage of water in the reservoir was made without benefit of a Decree from the time of original construction until the decree was awarded to Pisgah Reservoir and Ditch Company. On January 13, 1928, the District Court in Fremont County awarded a Decree to Pisgah Reservoir and Ditch Company for storage of 2,743 a.f. per year with a priority date of October 1907. The decree is for irrigation use.