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Water Rights <br />Wadley Farms No. 3 Water Rights <br />Wadley Farms No. 3 Subdivision obtains water for its water system from three FHL <br />shares that are owned by the HOA and from water yielded under the Wadley Reservoir <br />water storage rights. In the past, the HOA has leased from 0.5 to 1.0 additional shares of <br />FHL Company. (Information on FHL developed by the State Engineer's Office and <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board is included in Appendix C.) <br />FHL Company owns water rights ranging from very senior to relatively junior as shown <br />in Table 1. The company has 12 direct flow water rights on Clear Creek that total 733.61 <br />cfs, most of which also allow for storage of the water. These rights were originally <br />decreed for irrigation use. The most senior rights, with appropriation dates of 1863 and <br />earlier, are likely to be in priority for all or most of the irrigation season in most years and <br />total 48.717 cubic feet per second (cfs). The more junior water rights for diversion from <br />Clear Creek have appropriation dates ranging from 1865 to 1895. These rights may only <br />be in priority during the spring and early summer and may yield little water in very dry <br />years. The water right with priority date of April 1, 1872 is for 154 cfs and is typically in <br />priority through the high runoff period until late June or early July. When the 1872 right <br />is in priority, the FHL can take 206.75 cfs. FHL Company also holds direct flow rights <br />for tributary streams crossed by the canal (Ralston Creek, Little Dry Creek and Leyden <br />Creek) and for small reservoirs owned by the company. <br />Table 1: Water Rights - Farmers' High Line Canal <br />Rank <br />Source <br />Appropriation Date <br />Adjudication Date <br />Decreed Amt tcfs <br />Uses <br />1 <br />Clear Ck <br />2/25/1860 <br />10/4/1884 <br />0.276 <br />Direct Flow <br />3 <br />Clear Ck <br />5/16/1860 <br />10/4/1884 <br />1.0 <br />Storage & Direct <br />5 <br />Clear Ck <br />5/31/1860 <br />10/4/1884 <br />3.281 <br />Storage & Direct <br />9 <br />Clear Ck <br />7/1/1860 <br />10/4/1884 <br />39.8 <br />Storage & Direct <br />30 <br />Clear Ck <br />5/28/1863 <br />10/4/1884 <br />1.61 <br />Storage & Direct <br />32 <br />Clear Ck <br />6/20/1863 <br />10/4/1884 <br />2.75 <br />Storage & Direct <br />42 <br />Clear Ck <br />4/23/1865 <br />10/4/1884 <br />2.89 <br />Storage & Direct <br />48 <br />Clear Ck <br />11/2/1865 <br />10/4/1884 <br />0.808 <br />Direct Flow <br />54 <br />Clear Ck <br />5/24/1870 <br />10/4/1884 <br />0.33 <br />Storage & Direct <br />57 <br />Clear Ck <br />4/1/1872 <br />10/4/1884 <br />154.0 <br />Storage & Direct <br />68 <br />Clear Ck <br />4/1/1886 <br />10/9/1895 <br />191.0 <br />Storage & Direct <br />69 <br />Clear Ck <br />4/23/1895 <br />10/9/1895 <br />335.86 <br />Storage & Direct <br />-- <br />Little Dry Ck 4/1/1872 <br />5/12/1936 <br />186.04 <br />Direct Flow <br />-- <br />Ralston Ck <br />4/1/1872 <br />5/13/1936 <br />127 53.515 <br />Direct Flow <br />-- <br />Leyden Ck <br />7/12/1905 <br />5/13/1936 <br />434.925 <br />Direct Flow <br />Source: Colorado Water Rights Tabulation, Colorado State Engineer's Office, Dept. of Natural Resources <br />The majority of water from the FHL is now delivered to municipalities. The cities of <br />Arvada, Westminster, Northglenn and Thornton use FHL water for municipal purposes <br />and have Water Court imposed terms and conditions on the diversion, use and return flow <br />Wadley Farms No. 3 Water Supply CWCB Loan Feasibility Study Page 9 <br />