PROJ00187

• Contract/PO #: C153385
• Contractor Name: North Poudre Irrigation Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 3
• County: Larimer
• Bill Number: SB 82-87
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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CHAPTER I

GENERAL INFORMATION

INTRODUCTION:

The North Poudre Irrigation Company is a mutual
ditch and reservoir company and has its office in Wellington,
Colorado. It operates 22 storage reservoirs and approximately
200 miles of ditches delivering water to its shareholders.
There are ten thousand shares of stock authorized and issued.
There are at least 520 shareholders. The actual number is
greater because there are joint owners of shares of stock
but in making a calculation of the number of owners, the
count has included only one owner becuase of the amount of
time it would take to go through and actually count each and
every person or organization with an interest in the stock.

Fossil Creek Reservoir is located southeast of the
City of Fort Collins and is only about 2 miles south of the
City Limits which encompass the Hewlett-Packard Plant just
west of Interstate 25 on Harmony Road. The reservoir will
hold approximately 11, 508 acre fee. At the present time,
except for short periods, storage is limited to about
7,705 feet because of a hold order imposed by the State
Engineer. The actual range of storage may be between 7,705
and 13,597 acre feet because of a question involving the
position of the gauge rod. The inlet and outlet ditch
may carry as much as 300 c.f.s. each but are operated at
lower levels.

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The State Engineer has required that Fossil Creek
have an enlarged spillway constructed which will carry
approximately 60,000 - 65,000 cubic feet per second of run-
off in the event of a probable maximum storm. The reservoir
was constructed about 1902 and is an earthen fill darn, in
need of repairs to hold more than 11,500 acre feet. Improvements
and repairs to the darn should probably be made a~ the same time
the new spillway is built, to avoid moving large amounts of
earth twice. Soil removed for the enlarged spillway would
be used in repairing the darn. Estimated construction cost
for the reservoir and the darn are approximately $4,114,313,
after allowing for inflation and contingencies if more than
two years go by before construction begins.

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Fossil Creek Reservoir provides benefits directly
and indirectly to many users. It is used to provide water
for the benefit of The North poudre shareholders by exchange.
This is because The North poudre system is primarily in the
Wellington, Colorado area and water in Fos'sil Creek must be
exchanged with other water users so North Poudre gets the
water into its system. The system of exchange has worked

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