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<br />COLORADO WATER CONSERV~TION BOARD <br />823 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado S0203 <br /> <br />Novel11ber 1981 <br /> <br />TOWN OF ERIE - STORAGE RESERVOIR PROJECT <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The Town of Erie was incorporated on November 23, 1874, by a <br /> <br />petition filed with the Weld County Board of Commissioners. The <br /> <br />origindl town boundary covered 160 acres, all in Weld County, but <br /> <br />annexations over the years have expanded the area of the town to <br /> <br />about 2000 acres, with over 800 acres in Boulder County. The <br /> <br />1990 Census showed a populat ion of 1254 people, an increase of <br /> <br />375 persons since the 1960 Census. <br /> <br />PROBLHl <br /> <br />The source of raw water supply for the Town of Erie is South <br /> <br />Boulder Creek. Water is conveyed to the town's existing storage <br /> <br />reservoirs via the South Boulder Canyon Ditch. Records from 1911 <br /> <br />to 1975 show that the town's South Boulder Canyon Ditch water <br /> <br />rights are in priority on an average of only 57 days per )ear. <br /> <br />This short diversion period necessitates having sufficient <br /> <br />storage capacit) to compensate for the lack of diversions for the <br /> <br />remdinder of the year. <br />