PUB00108

• Year: 1986
• Title: St. Vrain Basin Reconnaissance Study
• CWCB Section: Administration
• Author: Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority
• Description: Extensive study for future study and development toward meeting the water-related needs of residents with the St. Vrain Basin
• Publications - Doc Type: Brochure

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communities in the S1. Vrain Basin are presented in Table 11-3. Seventeen
thousand people live in the rural portion of the lower basin inclusive of the
1,037 people who reside in Lyons. The three largest employment sectors for
Longmont and Lyons were manufacturing, services and retai I.

E. Institutional Setting

There are a number of institutions and agencies which may, to a
greater or lesser extent, be involved in the planning, management or develop-
ment of water resources in the S1. Vrain Basin. They include cities and
towns, water supply companies, special districts, counties, regional planning
agencies, state agencies and federal agencies.

Municipalities in the Study Area include the City of Longmont and
the towns of Jamestown, Lyons, Mead and Ward. Each of these municipal ities is
a water supplier for its respective urban area.

Two water supply companies and several ditch companies supply water
to rural areas in the Basin. The Left-Hand Water Supply Company and the Longs
Peak Water Association provide domestic water to rural residential customers
in the eastern portion of the Study Area. Di tch companies provide water to
al I types of users. However, agriculture comprises the largest percentage of
ditch company uses. Some ditch companies are privately owned; many, however,
are mutual companies in which the water users are share holders and the com-
pany operates under the guidance of a board of directors.

Special districts in the area include water districts, water and
sanitation districts, and water conservancy districts. The Little Thompson
Water District provides water service to the rural residential area near Mead
in the eastern end of the Basin. Other special districts in the Study Area
are the AI lenspark Water and Sanitation District, the Fairways Water and Sani-
tation District, the Left-Hand Water and Sanitation District, and the Olde
Stage Water District.

Water conservancy districts are quasi-municipal corporations wi th
the power to levy special assessments and tax property within the district for
the purpose of financing water projects. There are three conservancy dis-
tricts which encompass all or portions of the Study Area. They are the North-
ern Colorado Water Conservancy District (NCWCD). the Municipal Subdistrict of
NCWCD, and the S1. Vrain & Left-Hand Water Conservancy District (SV&LHWCD).
The total area in the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District is almost
one and a half mi I I ion acres and includes portions of Boulder, Larimer, Logan,
Morgan, Sedgewick, Washington and Weld counties in Colorado. The NCWCD sup-
plies water from the faci lities of the C-BT Project for agricultural. munici-
pal, and industrial purposes.

The SV&LHWCD was organ i zed in 1971 to promote cooperat i on between
municipal and agricultural water users in the St. Vrain Basin. District