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<br /> <br />Page | 5 <br /> <br /> <br />Georgetown Lake Dam Outlet Modification Project – Georgetown Colorado <br />to release 500 cfs when the Lake is full lake protects downstream senior water rights from injury <br />in times of high inflow into the Lake. This release rate was negotiated among the parties to <br />Case No. 2008CW266. The parties included the State and Division engineers, and holders of <br />downstream senior water rights. <br />Resultantly the project service area can be viewed as all entities receiving benefits from water <br />use along within the South Platte and its tributary Clear Creek, but when viewed from a narrow <br />perspective, the service area that will be impacted in terms of how to fund the project would be <br />limited to Georgetown and Black Hawk. <br /> <br />V. O WNERSHIP <br />The dam and land on which it is located are owned by the Town. The Clear Creek County <br />Colorado Public Lands Transfer Act of 1993 provided for transfer of certain public lands, <br />including lands around and underlying Georgetown Lake, to the Town of Georgetown. The <br />Town of Georgetown owns the dam itself. Refer to Exhibit F and G for further ownership <br />information. <br /> <br />VI. W ATER R IGHTS <br />The Town supplies municipal water to its customers from an 1866 water right called the <br />“Georgetown Ditch and Reservoir“ water right. This water right was decreed in Case No. 41340 <br />on October 9, 1914, for 3.0 c.f.s (May 1 – October 1) and 1.14 c.f.s (October 1 – May 1), for <br />domestic and municipal purposes, with an appropriation date of January 10, 1866. Although <br />the decree references a “reservoir,” this is not a reference to the Lake, but rather to a small <br />holding facility of less than one acre-foot.