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<br />Central Colorado WCD <br />November 25-26, 2002 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Agenda Item 20e, <br /> <br />expanded the use of their water right. The Moyers filed a counter-suit arguing that the e <br />Colorado State Engineer had allowed Empire Lodge to fill its upstream lake illegally <br />under a substitute supply plan approved by the State Engineer, <br /> <br />The case was ultimately heard by the Colorado Supreme Court, and at the end of last <br />year, it ruled the State Engineer did not have the legal authority to approve substitute <br />supply plans, The Court went on to say that a substitute supply plan (such as the one <br />operated by the Subdistrict) would either have to file for a decree in Water Court, or <br />follow new Rules & Regulations to be issued by the State Engineer. Either alternative <br />would raise the standard required for approval. Ultimately, the Subdistrict will need to <br />acquire more senior water rights as well as build additional storage to augment out-of- <br />priority diversions <br /> <br />Feasibility Studies <br />The GMS-CCWCD has completed a feasibility study. The stUdy includes an assessment <br />of alternatives available to provide additional augmentation water for its members. <br /> <br />Water Rlahts. <br />The GMS-CCWCD currently owns water rights as listed In Table 1: <br /> <br />Table 1: Water Rights Owned <br />Groundwater Management Subdistrict of the <br />Central Colorado Water Conservancy District <br />20Q2 <br /> <br />Comoanv <br /> <br />Box Elder Ditch <br />Brighton Ditch <br />Farmer's Independent Ditch <br />Fulton Ditch <br />Greeley & Loveland Ditch <br />Greeley Irrigation Ditch <br />Jones Ditch <br />Lake Loveland <br />Lupton Bottom Ditch <br />Lupton Meadows Ditch <br />Rural Ditch <br />Seven Lakes Reservoir <br />Union Reservoir <br />Weldon Valley Ditch <br /> <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Amount <br />(acre-feet) <br /> <br />Windsor <br />Brighton <br />Platteville <br />Brighton, <br />Greeley, <br />Greeley . <br />Greeley. <br />Loveland <br />Fort Lupton <br />Fort Lupton <br />Longmont <br />Loveland <br />Longmont <br />Fort Morgan <br /> <br />50 <br />20 <br />81 <br />628 <br />413 <br />680 <br />15 <br />260 <br />600 <br />120 <br />53 <br />240 <br />200 <br />..1QQ <br /> <br />3,510 acre.feet <br /> <br />Groundwater Recharae Proiects <br />In 1979, the Subdistrict began developing a groundwater recharge program to <br />supplement the amount of water available for augmentation purposes. Numerous sites <br />have been developed in the Platteville, Greeley, Fort Morgan, and Hudson areas. To- <br />date, over 70,000 acre-feet of water has been recharged through these various projects. <br />A list of projects is shown in Table 2: <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />2 <br />