CT2015-171 Feasibilty Study

• Contract/PO #: Ct2015-171
• Contractor Name: The Lower Poudre Augmentation Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

09CW30, water diverted from the Cache la Poudre River attributable to the 4.5 shares
will either first be stored in the Harmony 25 Reservoir for subsequent release, or
returned directly to the river for augmentation and recharge purposes in the Lower
Poudre Augmentation Plan.
01 CW201 Water Rights. The New Cache la Poudre Irrigating Company, received a
decree in Consolidated Case No. 01CW201/04CW343, District Court, Water Division
1,for confirmation of certain direct flow and storage water rights which will be utilized
as the principal source of augmentation supply in the Lower Poudre Augmentation
Plan. These rights include water storage rights for Cornish Plains Reservoir, and
Barnesville Equalizer, and direct flow rights for the Greeley Canal No. 2 including
direct flow from the Cache la Poudre River, and various points of inflow along the
Greeley Canal No. 2 including the Slough (a/k/a the John Law Seepage Ditch), Cole
Bank Draw,Eaton Draw, Lonetree Creek, and Owl Creek. Water Rights diverted will
be used in the Lower Poudre Augmentation Plan by recharge, including in-ditch
recharge and diversions to individual recharge ponds in the New Cache System, or by
storage in and subsequent release from the Cornish Plains Reservoirs for delivery to
the Cache La Poudre River via the Crow Creek after being released through the Crow
Creek augmentation structures.
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With the CWCB loan, the LPAC plans to acquire 34.5 shares of the The New Cache
La Poudre Irrigating Company(NCLPIC) and 4.0 shares of Cache La Poudre
Reservoir Company (CLPRC).
NCLPIC currently provides irrigation water to approximately 32,000 acres in
Larimer and Weld Counties. The service area is located immediately north of the
Cache La Poudre and South Platte Rivers between Windsor and Barnesville. Water
is diverted from the Cache La Poudre River near Timnath, Colorado to feed the
Greeley No. 2 Ditch. The canal systems consist of approximately 50 miles of ditch
extending from the river to approximately 11 miles east of U.S. 85. NCLPIC
delivery is approximately 37,500 acre-feet per year.
The Cache la Poudre Reservoir(aka Timnath Reservoir) is located in portions of
Sections 23, 24, 25 and 26, Township 7 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M., in Larimer
County. Water is diverted from the Cache la Poudre River for storage in the Cache
la Poudre Reservoir by an inlet ditch on the north bank of the Cache la Poudre River
in the NE 1/4 of Section 18, Township 7 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M., in Larimer
County. There are two additional decreed points of diversion for the Cache la
Poudre Reservoir, the "First Diversion", located in the NE 1/4 of Section 25,
Township 7 North, Range 68 West, and the "Second Diversion" located in the SW 1/4
of Section 36, Township 7 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M. which diverts water
directly into the Cache la Poudre Reservoir Outlet Ditch. Water is also diverted into
the Cache la Poudre Reservoir from drainage and seepage from the "West Drainage"
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