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<br />Emergency Loan Application and Feasibility Study [LEFT HAND DITCH COMPANY] Page | 11 <br /> <br />Water Rights <br /> <br />The Company owns the 33 most senior direct flow rights on Left Hand Creek totaling 294.58 cfs <br />and effectively controlling the entire flow of Left Hand Creek. The Company also owns two direct <br />flow priorities out of South St Vrain Creek totaling 726 cfs. Water diverted from South St. Vrain <br />Creek represents a majority of the total supply of the Left Hand Ditch Company. To regulate <br />flows and to provide supply during times of diminished stream flow the Company owns five <br />reservoirs including Allen Lake and Lake Isabelle. Table 1 lists the storage rights and Table 2 list <br />direct flow water rights of the company. <br /> <br />Table 1 Left Hand Ditch Company Storage Rights <br /> <br />Storage Rights <br />Source Reservior Name Appropriation <br />Date <br />Adjudication <br />Date <br />Administration <br />No. Amount Decreed Notes <br />South Fork <br />St. Vrain <br />Creek <br /> <br />Lake Isabelle <br />9/15/1907 6/1/1926 21076.0 208.38 ac-ft <br />9/15/1907 6/1/1926 21076.0 601.42 ac-ft <br /> Total 809.8 ac-ft <br /> <br /> <br />James <br />Creek <br /> <br />Gold Lake <br />9/1/1879 3/13/1907 11841.10836 354 ac-ft <br />5/18/1904 3/13/1907 19861.0 82 ac-ft 1st Enlargement <br />12/31/1929 7/23/1951 29219.0 290.66 ac-ft Refill <br />12/31/1929 7/23/1951 29219.0 145.34 ac-ft (1) Refill - Aban. <br /> Total 726.66 ac-ft <br />Left Hand <br />Creek Left Hand Park <br />Reservoir <br />8/5/1891 3/13/1907 15192.0 185 ac-ft <br />8/1/1961 2/25/1971 40755.0 1102.32 ac-ft 1st Enlargement <br /> Total 1287.32 ac-ft <br /> <br />Allens Lake <br />12/2/1918 7/23/1951 21076.0 134.2 ac-ft <br />5/17/1927 7/23/1951 21076.0 569.5 ac-ft 1st Enlargement <br />12/31/1929 7/23/1951 18832.00 703.7 ac-ft Refill <br /> Total 1407.4 ac-ft <br />Left Hand Valley <br />Reservoir <br />5/15/1945 7/23/1951 18832.00 10572.6 ac-ft <br /> Total 10572.6 ac-ft <br />Source: Colorado Water Conservation Board SPDSS Memorandum, January 5, 2005 <br />(1) Conditional Refill water right for 145.34 ac-ft abandoned in 1965