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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Response: A "snapshot picture" of the 1984 water rights portfolio is given in the RBD report (RBD 1984) and another "snapshot picture" of the 1991 water rights portfolio is given in the CDM report (CDM 1991). According to information provided in the CDM report, Jolmstown owns 1.96 % of the Big Thompson Ditch, 6.8% of the Big Thompson Ditch and Manufacturing Company (BTDMC), and 6.25 shares (3%) of the Consolidated Home Supply Ditch. Jolmstown also owns an allotment of 615 acre- feet of Colorado Big Thompson Project (CBT) Water. The decreed point of diversion for all of the water rights listed above has been the headgate of the Home Supply Ditch since 1928. Minimum and maximum annual yields for the above rights owned by Jolmstown are summarized in the RBD report and repeated below. Jolmstown Jolmstown Water Rights Water Rights Source Minimum Annual Yield Maximum Annual Yield Big Thompson Ditch 562 AF 675 AF BTDMC 397 AF 1986 AF Home Supply Ditch 19 AF' 119 AF' CBT 369 AF 615 AF Total 1347 AF 3395 AF , Values developed from data contained in the COM report (CDM 1991) Jolmstown also requires that 3.0 acre-feet of water per acre of land be deeded to the town for every acre that is annexed (RBD 1984). 1347 AF of supply compares favorably with the average annual demand of 1405 AF per year referred to in the response to comment 2. Comment 5. The water rights question raises an additional issue with regard to alternatives. The alternatives presented in the report are for alternative pipelines and pumping stations to bring water from Lonetree Reservoir to Johnstown. No alternative sources of water were apparently considered. Was this because the Town already owns water rights or shares in the Consolidated Home Supply Ditch and Reservoir Company System? 7