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Loan Feasibility Study for Raw Water Acquisition and Utilization Page 7 In addition to outside watering restrictions, the District Board enacted a moratorium on new tap sales on April 29, 2002. This moratorium was lifted in April 2004. In its place, the District board instituted a water tap sales plan that defines the number of taps that the board will release each year, to be distributed at the rate of 25 percent per quarter. For these reasons, the District's historical demand for water significantly dropped in 2002 and 2003, as shown on Figure 2. Since 2003, the District demand has been increasing at a more aggressive rate than historically seen (demand rate increase since 2003 = 37 af/year versus a demand rate increase of about 19 of /year, prior to 2002). The District does not believe the more aggressive increase in demand exhibited between 2003 and 2005 will continue. Instead, the District anticipates the demand will resume the trend of the 1991- 2001 data, increasing about 19 af/year. Assuming the demand resumes to the historical trend, the District will reach build -out demand of 1,200 af/year (3.3 af/day or 1.1 MGD) in approximately 2040. 5.2 WATER AVAILABILITY BPW is the water supplier to the District. The District first entered into contract to lease water from BPW in 1977. The District and BPW are currently operating under a 30 -year water service agreement signed on March 6, 1990. A copy of the water service agreement between the District and BPW is included herein as Appendix B. The District is currently working with BPW to engage in a letter of intent to negotiate for renewal of the water service agreement as entered into in 1990. Once complete, this letter of intent will be provided to CWCB for inclusion in this loan feasibility study. The BPW system, and similarly the District, is supplied by Beaver Creek, which is located in Water District 12 of the Arkansas River basin Water Division 2. Beaver Creek is a part of the Pike's Peak watershed. The Beaver Creek supply is conveyed to BPW's system through Beaver Park Ditch, which is owned and operated by BPW. Beaver Park Ditch diverts from Beaver Creek at Colorado state structure number 1200537. Water is carried through an aqueduct before it is released into the upper extension of Beaver Park Ditch (aka Brush Hollow Supply Canal). Diversions to Brush Hollow Supply Canal from Beaver Creek are recorded at the end of this aqueduct. Water from the Brush Hollow Supply Canal is diverted into the District WTP through a lateral located approximately 1.8 miles down ditch from the outlet of the aqueduct. The District WTP is located at 6762 d Street, at the intersection of Highway 115 and 2nd Street in Penrose. The main ditch continues until it reaches Brush Hollow Reservoir. Water is either transported to the Brush Hollow Reservoir or diverted for direct irrigation use through three transfer lines. Water stored in Brush Hollow Reservoir can be released into the lower extension of Beaver Park Ditch. There is a pump station on the lower extension of Beaver Park Ditch that can be used to pump raw water up to the WTP if the supply from the upper lateral of the ditch is insufficient. A diagram of the BPW system is shown on Figure 4. Leonard Rice Engineers, Inc. August 2006 — 1018PEN05 GMS, Inc.