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Disadvantages <br />The pre-existing lateral ditch and Greeley No. 2 Canal headgate are not deemed <br />adequate to convey the additional volume required to fill the reservoir and will <br />need to be replaced and enlarged. <br />There may be at least one other user along the path of thelateral ditch and <br />additional carriage capacity will need to be considered to meet these demands. <br />There may be floodplain/floodway issues due to the proximity to the river. <br />Selected Storage Alternative <br />KygerReservoir was the selected alternative due to the many advantages of this <br />storage site. From a water rights standpoint, the site is ideally located for a river <br />exchange of water from Kern Reservoir. It is also ideally located for an exchange of <br />water from future reusable effluent from the Town’s WWTP. Additionally, storage at this <br />location would allow the Town to more fully utilize its eight New Cache shares. This <br />location is ideal for augmentation of the Town’s well pumping and pumping of Weld <br />County School District RE-4’s (WCSD) wells. The Town has an IGA with WCSD, which <br />assists WCSD with augmentation. <br />Windsor hired Leonard Rice Engineers, Inc. to complete a feasibility study on the Kyger <br />Storage Infrastructureas included in the attached Memorandum dated May 30, 2013. <br />This study outlines the water delivery and river return options for Kyger Reservoir and <br />provides a detailed cost estimate for construction of such infrastructure. <br />Non-Potable Water Supply Alternatives <br />The Town is targeting 172 acre-feet of senior water supplies to place into Kyger <br />storage, which is approximately 17% of the estimated capacity of the reservoir. There <br />are many factors that will ultimately govern which water rights will make up this 172 <br />acre-feet of water including seniority, location and ability to divert into the Kyger Pit, <br />availability of the water right, etc. With these factors in mind, we examine the following <br />water rights and irrigation systems in the vicinity of the Town and selectedKyger <br />storage: <br />New Cache la Poudre Irrigating Company and Cache la Poudre Reservoir <br />Company <br />Lake Canal and Lake Canal Reservoir Company <br />Whitney Irrigating Ditch Company <br />B.H. Eaton Ditch Company <br />Box Elder Ditch Company <br /> <br />