Lower South Platte River Study

• Contractor Name: Colorado Water Conservation Board
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

Lower South Platte River Study
Colorado Water Conservation Board
December 2001
Section 2 - Water Management in the
Lower South Platte Basin
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' 2.1 Current Surface Water Supplies and Uses
' An extensive irrigation system has been developed in the Lower South Platte River Basin
within Colorado and extending into Nebraska. Within the reservoir siting study area, there
are two major and several smaller irrigation systems:
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Major Systems
• North Sterling Irrigation District—consisting of the North Sterling Inlet and
Outlet Canals, North Sterling Reservoir, and a number of laterals serving
' irrigators in Logan and western Sedgwick Counties. The lower end of the
North Sterling Outlet Canal is within the study area.
' • Julesburg Irrigation District—which includes the Harmony(Julesburg Reservoir
Inlet) Ditch, the Highline Canal (Julesburg Reservoir Outlet), the Settler's
' Ditch, and the Peterson Ditch. The Julesburg system serves irrigators on the
north side of the South Platte River from the Harmony Ditch diversion to the
state line.
' Smaller Systems
• The South Reservation Ditch, serving lands on the south side of the river from a
diversion located midway between Sedgwick and Ovid
• The now-abandoned Carlson Ditch, which formerly served lands on the south
side of the river from a diversion near Ovid. The Carlson Ditch water right is
still taken through alternate points of diversion
• Liddle Ditch, serving lands on the north side of the river from a diversion near
' Ovid
• The abandoned Cox Ditch
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