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- 1 - Feasibility Study North Poudre Irrigation Co., Inc. Reservoir No. 4 Introduction (Need for the Project) The North Poudre Irrigation Company (NPIC), located in Larimer County, Colorado owns and operates Reservoir No. 4 as an irrigation water storage reservoir for the benefit of the shareholders. The reservoir has excellent storage decrees dating from 1889 and 1909. These decrees allow NPIC to store 1781 acre feet of water in the reservoir at full capacity. An additional 1943 decree allows for one refilling of the reservoir. The dam was constructed in the late 1880’s, enlarged in the 1920’s, and the outlet works replaced in the late 1950’s. There are minimal grading plans on file with NPIC for the original construction and, a one page drawing for the outlet replacement on file at the State Engineers Office (SEO). Currently the reservoir is under restriction because of aging outlet works, inadequate spillway, and seepage at the toe of the dam. Under the current restriction the reservoir capacity is approximately 1107 acre feet. The outlet works need to be replaced soon to continue operation of the reservoir and additional rehabilitation of the dam will be required to lift the storage restriction and retain full storage rights. Project Sponsor The NPIC is a mutual ditch company and a non-profit corporation registered in the State of Colorado. There are 598 shareholders and 10,000 shares of stock. NPIC has the power to set annual assessments to be paid by the shareholders, the power to cut off water deliveries to shareholders that fail to pay their assessments, and the power to offer stock for sale to pay back assessments. The NPIC articles of incorporation and by-laws are included in Appendix A. Project Service Area and Facilities The NPIC has an office in Wellington, Colorado and operates 21 storage reservoirs, five flood control dams, and approximately 200 miles of ditches. NPIC also owns a large machine shop, equipment including trucks, pickups, frond-end loaders, motor graders, and other miscellaneous pieces of equipment. The service area for NPIC is located in Northeastern Larimer County as shown on the Service Area map in Figure 1. The total service area is approximately 42,000 acres of which NPIC provides water for irrigation for approximately 28,000 acres. The irrigated acreage within the service area is primarily used to grow corn, sugar beets, soybeans, hay, and feed crops.