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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successfully over the years in this area and the water users
have protected exchange rights by a decree recognizing
existing exchanges.

Fossil Creek Reservoir also has water users who
hold preferred rights in Fossil Creek Reservoir. These
water users receive their water from Fossil Creek Reservoir
and irrigate farm ground in Weld County, Colorado. There are
presently outstanding 300 preferred rights, 149 owned by
preferred right holders and 151 are owned by The North
Poudre Irrigation Company. Each of these rights are for
1,000,000 cubic feet of water or approximately 23 acre feet.
History suggests that preferred rights were given to those
who helped finance the original Construction.

Fossil Creek Reservoir is also used by an agreement
between North Poudre and Platte River Power Authority as a
reservoir in which water can be stored for Platte River
Authority and then pumped to its storage reservoir North of
Wellington, Colorado. This stor~ge is possible by a plan of
re-use created by the City of Fort Collins, Platte River
Power Authority and Water Supply & Storage Company. It is a
decreed re-use plan. This assistance is provided subject to
North Poudre's storage rights. Platte River Power Authority
has constructed in a coal fired generating plant approximately
13 miles north of Wellington. Jt is a governmental entity
created by agreement between the cities of Fort Collins,
Loveland, Estes Park and LongmoAt for the benefit and service
to the residents of these cities. A letter from Bryan W.
Blakely, Assistant General Counsel for Platte River Power
Authority commenting on Fossil Creek's importance is attached
in the appendix.

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Fossil Creek Reservoir also receives some storm
run-off water from the southeasterly side of For~ Collins,
and from Hewlett Packard's draiAage ponds. This water goes
into the Fossil Creek inlet ditch which runs in a north
south direction from the Cache ~a poudre River into the
Fossil Creek Reservoir.

The Fossil Creek Reservoir also receives sewage
effluent from the City of Fort Collins. The City has a
sewage treatment plant adjacent to the Fossil Creek inlet
ditch and the Cache La Poudre River. The City has the
ability to release effluent into Fossil Creek inlet ditch or
the Cache La Poudre River. The South Fort Collins sanitation
District also has a sewage treatment plant on the southwest
side of Fossil Creek Reservoir and it's effluent must be
released into the Fossil Creek Reservoir and then returns to
the river. There are 800 taps iA the sanitation district and

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