PROJ00147

• Contract/PO #: C153637
• Contractor Name: North Poudre Irrigation Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 3
• County: Larimer
• Bill Number: SB 92-87
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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Chapter IV: WATER

North Poudre Reservoirs No. 6 and No. 6 are filled by an appropriation of water
from the main stem of the Cache La Poudre River by means of the Poudre Valley
Canal. Prior to 1910, the reservoirs were filled from the North Fork of the
Cache La poudre River through North Poudre's main ditch and the feeder ditch to
Reservoir NO.2. The point of diversion was changed through a petition to the
water court In 1910. The reservoir can stili be physically filled through
Reservoir No. 2 which -Is filled through North Poudre's main feeder canal from
both the North Fork of the Poudre and the main stem of the Poudre. However,
the capacity of the canals from the main stem to No. 2 and from No. 2 to No. 6
are limited and the fill rate Is very small compared to the larger capacity
through the Poudre Valley Canal.

The North poudre Irrigation Company made an agreement with the owners of the
Poudre Valley canal to pay $0.60 per acre-foot of water delivered through the
canal and a copy of this agreement Is Included In Appendix B with the water
records. Included In the water records Is the decree from the water court
changing the point of diversion date on October 14, 1910. Filling through the
poudre Valley Canal would be the preferred choice and It would appear the legal
and financial agreements are In place to allow filling through this canal.

A. Water Rights

Decrees. Table IV-I summarizes the history of the water rights and decrees
for North Poudre Reservoir No. 6 and Reservoir No.6. The water rights are
listed separately for No. 6 and 6 until the decrees were combined In 1906 as
shown In the table. Reservoir No.6 had an Initial decree of 1,377 acre-feet at
a depth of 12 feet above the bottom of the outlet conduit with a Priority No. 33
and a Priority Date of 1894. Reservoir No. 6 had an Initial decree of 10,216
acre-feet at a depth of 26 feet above the bottom of the outlet conduit with a
Priority No. 38 and a Priority Date of 1900. Enlargements were made to both No.
6 and 6 as shown In the table and additional storage was decreed with Priority
Numbers 62, 96, and 108. The final decreed storage for the two reservoirs Is
20,646 acre-feet at a depth of 38 feet from the bottom of the outlet conduit on
No. 6 with a Priority No. 108 and a Priority Date of 1910.

As Indicated In Table IV -I, transfers of portions of the storage decrees were
made from both Reservoir No. 6 and No.6. The Initial decree for Reservoir No. 6
was transferred to Reservoir No. 16 In 1894. Of the Initial 10,216 acre-feet
decreed for Reservoir No.6, 4,086 acre-feet was transferred to Reservoir No. 16
and 3,719 acre-feet was transferred to Halligan Reservoir. This left only 2,411
acre-feet of storage remaining In the two reservoirs. The later decrees for
enlargement, however, raised the total to 20,646 acre-feet of storage In both
reservoirs.

Copies of the decrees, as supplied by the North Poudre Irrigation Company, are
Included In appendix B.

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