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4 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Denver, Upper Arapahoe, and Lower Arapahoe formations. Water would also be available from the deeper Laramie Foxhills aquifer. Water to irrigate lawns, gardens, shrubbery, and pasture is supplied by a centralized distribution system receiving water from an existing nearby irrigation well. Water from the centralized system is available year-round to water domestic animals and to provide fire protection through a series of fire hydrants spaced throughout the Subdivision. The well pumps into a large pressurized underground storage tank which feeds water to several pipelines that deliver the water to each lot. In September 1996, the CRPOA installed a totalizing flow meter which measures the total water delivered to the system. See Table 1 for records of the volume pumped since September 1996. The CRPOA has a set of Bylaws which apply to all the property owners. Those Bylaws provide for annual asse:Ssments to pay for pumping and delivering water through the centralized water system. The annual assessment can be changed by a majority vote of the property owners to generate the revenue to pay operating and maintenance costs or to purchase water. The Property Owners Association, at a regular sCheduled meeting of the Association on Saturday, October 17, 1998 voted to authorize the water committee to proceed to purchase senior water rights to augment their well and to access fees to pay for that purchase. All of the homes in the Subdivi:sion are above the median price range for Adams County, and most have significant landscaping. The homeowners have chosen to purchase their homes within the Subdivision to have the larger sized lots with more space and rural setting. It is estimated that a third of the owners have a horse or two or some other domestic animal. The well that supplies the centralized system must continue to operate to maintain the residents' lifestyle, and to supply the water needed for irrigation, watering livestock, and fire protection. If pumping was prohibited, the property values would drop drastically, fire insurance would escalate significantly, and many owners would want to move. The CRPOA is committed to take action to allow its well to continue pumping.