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<br />~ <br /> <br />Poudre Tech Metropolitan District <br />November 25-26, 2002 <br /> <br />Agenda Item 20i. <br /> <br />\.. <br /> <br />Water RiQhts <br />The source of water for the project under construction is the B H Eaton Ditch, with direct <br />flow rights out of the Cache La Poudre River. Those rights include an 1864 <br />appropriation of 29,1 cfs, an 1865 appropriation of 3,33 cfs, and an 1882 appropriation <br />of 9.27 cfs. Average annual diversions are 5,354 acre-feet for the years 1950 through <br />1996. <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />The developer of Water Valley (Troll co Inc.) owns 100 shares (51%) of the B HEaton <br />Ditch, and will lease these rights to PTMD for use in the development project. <br /> <br />Poudre Tech Metropolitan District <br />The PTMD is a Colorado Special District formed by court decree November 23, 1994 in <br />accordance with Section 32-1-101 et seq C.R.S. ("Special Districts".) The District has <br />the power to acquire and sell water rights, construct and operate facilities, levy taxes, <br />and contract with other agencies, including the CWCB. Special Districts are subject to <br />the provisions of TABOR. PTMD is the owner and operator of the infrastructure related <br />to the Water Valley raw water storage and distribution system. <br /> <br />Proiect Description <br />Four alternatives were analyzed in the feasibility study: <br /> <br />1. No...actlor: <br />2. Trade water rights to the Town of Windsor for the right to use treated water for <br />irrigation. <br />3. Construct a distribution system with a small holding pond and pumping plants. <br />4. Construct the reservoirs and pumping plants as designed. . <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Alternative No.1 - Not acceptable because valuable water rights could not be used. <br /> <br />Alternative No.2 - Not acceptable because of a previous agreement with the Town of <br />Windsor and because treating water for irrigation is not cost effective over a long period <br />of time. Also, the Town has no way to store water during high flow periods for later use. <br /> <br />Alternative No.3 - Not acceptable since only part of the available water could be used <br />without a means of storing it during periods of high flow. <br /> <br />Alternative No.4 - Selected since it is the only approach that meets all of the project <br />objectives, including cost effectiveness. <br /> <br />Selected Alternative No.4 <br />The selected alternative includes completion of two large reservoirs with combined <br />storage capacity of 2000 acre-feet. Three pumping plants will be installed, two in the <br />west lake and one in the east lake, with combined maximum capacity of 5000 gallons <br />per minute. The distribution system will consist of approximately 67,000 linear feet of <br />pipe ranging in size from 4 inch to 10 inch diameter, along with all associated valves and <br />fittings and individual taps for each user. Pumps and filters will be fully automated and <br />computer controlled. <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />2 <br />