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Well Augmentation Subdistrict - Loan Feasibility Study <br />Page 4 <br />PURPOSE AND PROJECT SPONSOR <br />INTRODUCTION <br />This report summarizes results of a feasibility study completed for the Well Augmentation <br />Subdistrict (WAS) of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District ( CCWCD). Investigations of <br />the study were focused on feasibility of purchasing additional permanent water supplies and <br />developing additional storage facilities for use in the WAS plan for augmentation. We understand <br />WAS is seeking to borrow $3 million from the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) Water <br />Project Loan Program. The term of the loan would be 25 years (the Loan Application is provided as <br />Attachment A). This report provides a description of WAS, its purpose and operations, its need for <br />additional water supplies, its assets and financial resources, and its ability to repay the loan to <br />CWCB. <br />Leonard Rice Engineer, Inc. and staff at CCWCD conducted this study and prepared this report at <br />the request of the Board of Directors of CCWCD and the Well Augmentation Subdistrict. <br />PROJECT SERVICE AREA AND FACILITIES <br />DESCRIPTION OF CCWCD AND THE WELL AUGMENTATION SUBDISTRICT <br />The CCWCD was formed in 1965 pursuant to the 1937 Water Conservancy Act of the State of <br />Colorado (CRS 150 -5). The District includes over 750 square miles in Adams, Weld, and Morgan <br />Counties (Figure 1). The geographic boundary of CCWCD generally includes lands in the South <br />Platte River basin between Denver and Fort Morgan, Beebe Draw, and the lower portions of the Box <br />Elder Creek and Lost Creek drainages. The boundaries include portions of several cities and towns <br />(e.g. Thornton, Brighton, Fort Lupton, Platteville, Greeley and Fort Morgan), numerous smaller rural <br />communities (e.g., Gilcrest, LaSalle, Kersey, Hudson, and Wiggins) and approximately 210,000 acres <br />of irrigated agricultural lands supplied by ditches and groundwater wells. <br />Within CCWCD there are two subdistricts; the "Groundwater Management Subdistrict" (GMS) and <br />the "Well Augmentation Subdistrict" (WAS). GMS and WAS are separate legal entities with distinct <br />legal boundaries and provide augmentation water for different alluvial groundwater wells. GMS <br />and WAS own and operate separate water rights and infrastructure assets but partner to jointly <br />develop and operate several water supply projects. The two subdistricts operate under separate <br />decreed plans for augmentation that contain different restrictive terms and conditions. This <br />feasibility study report and the subject loan application are submitted on behalf of WAS. <br />WAS was formed in 2004 to provide replacement water for some of the wells formerly relying on <br />Groundwater Appropriators of the South Platte (GASP) for augmentation supplies. The decree <br />authorizing WAS formation was entered by the Weld County District Court in Case No. 03CV1408. <br />Numerous GASP wells were not included in the WAS Plan and either sought augmentation supplies <br />through other organizations or ceased to operate. <br />LeonardRice <br />ENGINEERS,INC <br />