PROJ00151

• Contract/PO #: C153449
• Contractor Name: North Poudre Irrigation Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 3
• County: Larimer
• Bill Number: HB 85-1042
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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CHAPTER IV - WATER

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Reservoir No. IS is filled by diversion out of the North Fork of
the Cache La Poudre River.

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Water Rights

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North Poudre Reservoir No. IS has a filling decree to gage rod 42.2
feet for 5,463 acre feet of storage with a priority date of April
9, 1909 and priority number being 102.

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Tn addition, The North Poudre Irrigation Company has a refill decree
for 4,591 acre feet of this storage dated September 31, 1924 and
a conditional refill decree for the bal<Jnce of the Reservoir
capacity. Copies of these decrees are included in Appendix "C".

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Water Quality

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The water stored in Reservoir No. 15 is basically runoff from high
mountain diversions and is of excellent quality. Reservoir No. IS
is used extensively resulting in a continual turnover of water with-
in the Reservoir and no appreciable build up of salts.

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There are no major sources of pollution upstream of Reservoir No. IS
which would induce chemicals or impurities into this water.

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Reservoir Operation

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Reservoir No. IS is filled by surface rights out of the North Pork
of the Cache La Poudre River, Park Creek, and Dry Creek. The
drainage basin above Reservoir No. IS is relatively small and most
inflows are diverted by means of lbe North Poudre Canal into the
Reservoir.

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The location of Reservoir No. 15 1S such that 75% of The North
Poudre Irrigation Company system lies below the Reservoir. This

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