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<br /> <br />REALLOCATION <br />LEASES HELP FAR:\IS A;\,D SUBURBS <br />WEATHER DROUGHT <br /> <br />B; D.U1 .\I.kA'lhl<' <br /> <br />~ <br />P\~ <br />'I~ ~ <br />~~l!.illt-r <br />'F~'~ <br />ii .' <br /> <br />I> lll-"",-' <br /> <br />The largest temporary water lease in Colorado history <br />promises 10 benefit both rural and urban interests. As part <br />of this innovative agreernent, the City of Aurora will lease <br />enough water to \\'cather the drought. In the Lower Arkansas <br />RhTf Valley, lease revenues will help farmers sun'ivc lean <br />limes \\"hile retaining ownership of their water, as well as the <br />option LO keep some hmu in production. <br />As pan l)f a 55.5 million. three-year deal inked in March of 2004, <br />Aurora can k'ase up lO 12,600 acre-feel annually--ck)se to four blllion <br />galhm5---i.")f High Line Canal Company \,..uer. Paralleling the Arkansas <br />RJ\"l'f hlf 87 miles through Olero County. lhr High Line is the second <br />Innge~l Gm~ll in the Slate. \Vith water righls dating back to 1861, the <br />em.1I also holds thl' thIrd and fourth most senior nghts on the nveT. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />"- <br /> <br />(ana! Suoefjr'!~l Don Hennchs (left) pulls debrIS away (ram rh€ drver'S1()r1 Wuctvre .....t!Ic/') <br />!.hurtles NOler from the Arkans..--s RM:1" Into :he 87 m,ie-long Higill.Jne Cana! (0b0Ye). <br /> <br />COLO~AOO F"OUNOATION F"OR WATER EDUCATION <br />