C153726 Feasibility Study

• Contract/PO #: C153726
• Contractor Name: Tremont Mutual Ditch Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 1
• County: Morgan
• Bill Number: SPL
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

Name
A. A. Smith Irrigation Canal & Pipe Line
Tremont Mutual Ditch Co.
Snyder Ditch and Reservoir Co. (Direct)
Snyder Ditch and Reservoir Co. (Storage)
Pioneer Water and Irrigation, Inc.

No. Date:
33 6/18/1887
58 3/01/1901
62 1/17/1902
23 3/20/1902
12/31/1981

CFS
20
150
175
18 aft
175

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INTRODUCTION:

The Tremont Mutual Ditch Company "Tremont" diverts water from the South Platte
River near Fort Morgan, Colorado and carries the water to approximately 2,000 acres
of land which lie near the town of Snyder, Colorado. There are 2,000 shares.of stock
issued to 15 stockholders.

Tremont also diverts and transports water for the Snyder Smith Ditch Company
"Snyder Smith" through its headgate and canal and delivers the water into the Snyder
Smith Canal near Snyder, Colorado. There are 10 shareholders in Snyder Smith who
irrigate approximately 3,000 acres of land North and East of Snyder. In consideration
for diverting and delivering this water, Snyder Smith is responsible for paying one half
of all maintenance cost incurred by the Tremont system. Snyder Smith is responsible
for paying one half of the cost of this project.

Pioneer Water and Irrigation, Inc. "Pioneer" is a Colorado corporation composed of
the stockholders of Tremont and Snyder Smith. There are a few outside stockholders
who have purchased stock in Pioneer. Pioneer has 4,000 shares of stock outstanding,
issued to 25 stockholders. Pioneer's purp':,se is to divert water from the South Platte
River and deposit it into various recharge ~ites along the canals of both the Tremont
and Snyder Smith systems. Pioneer pays a running fee of $2.50 per acre foot of water
which is diverted on its behalf and carried to one of the many recharge sites. This fee
is evenly divided between the Tremont and Snyder Smith systems.

DECREES:

Note: The Snyder Ditch decrees are limited to 6,()OO acre feet total river diversion.
Pioneer is a recharge decree to fill and refill ponds with 986 acre feet capacity.

BRIEF HISTORY:

During the Hood of 1995, the Tremont river diversion suffered heavy damage. The
Tremont diversion is on the North side of the South Platte River and is located
upstream of the Lower Platte and Beaver river diversion. The Lower Platte and Beaver
diversion is a state of the art rollover type diversion which was installed following the
Hood of 1965. During the six weeks which the river was in Hood condition, the river
changed its course through the Tremont diversion ditch and went north around the

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