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CWCB Water Project Loan Application <br />4. Please provide a brief description of the owner's existing water supply facilities and describe <br />any existing operational or maintenance problems. Attach a map of the service area <br />Two water treatment plants, 69.5 million gallons of treated water storage, 617 miles of transmission /distribution lines. Fire <br />effects have limited Greeley's ability to utilize its water resources off the Cache la Poudre River. <br />For existing facilities indicate: <br />Number of shareholders or Number of customers served 100,000 <br />Current Assessment per share $ <br />Number of acres irrigated <br />Number of shares <br />Water Right: CFS. <br />Average water diverted per year: acre -feet. <br />Part B. - Description of the Project <br />1. Name of the Project High Park Fire Emergency Watershed Mitigation <br />2. Purpose of this loan application. Check one. <br />New project <br />Rehabilitation or replacement of existing facility <br />Enlargement of existing facility <br />Emergency Repair <br />✓ Other (describe) watershed mitigation from fire damage <br />3. If the project is for rehabilitation of an existing reservoir, is the reservoir currently under a <br />storage restriction order from the State Engineer? YES ❑ NO V <br />4. General location of the project. (Please include county, and approximate distance and direction <br />from nearest town, as well as legal description, if known. <br />High Park Fire area -- approximately 87,000 acres west of Fort Collins <br />5. Please provide a brief narrative description of the proposed project including purpose, need, <br />facilities, type of water uses to be served and service area. Attach separate sheet, if needed. <br />The NRCS BAER report recommends treatment of approximately 5500 acres of non - federal land in the High Park burn area. <br />Treatment includes dropping of straw and seeded mulch for soil stabilization, check structures to catch ash, debris and sediment that, <br />will wash into the Poudre River and contaminate drinking water supplies for 100,000, and contour felling to reduce flash flood risk. <br />6. Will the acquisition of additional water rights be necessary? YES F-1 NO <br />If YES, please explain. <br />2 <br />