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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Feasibility Study for the Rehabilitation of Foothills Reservoir Dam PROJECT SPONSOR The The Highland Ditch Company, Inc. is a Colorado Mutual Ditch Company and a Non-profit Corporation. The Articles ofIncorporation and the Company's Bylaws are included in Appendix B. The company was incorporated in 1872 and has been in continuous existence and operation and has delivered irrigation water since its inception. The first water deliveries were from their direct flow rights from the Saint V rain River and at the turn of the century the Company started construction of several storage reservoirs. The company's facilities are located in Boulder County, Colorado and are located to the north of Longmont, Colorado. Their facilities consist of Highland Reservoir #1 (capacity 978 acre- feet), Highland Reservoir #2 (capacity 3712 acre-feet), Highland Reservoir #3 (capacity 1669 acre-feet), McIntosh Reservoir (capacity 2459 acre-feet), 49% of Beaver Reservoir (capacity 2160 acre-feet), Foothills Reservoir (capacity 4320 acre-feet). Their system also includes approximately 26 miles of main supply ditch and approximately 15 miles of extension and lateral ditches from Mulligan Reservoir. The company owns direct flow rights from the Saint Vrain River and also owns 20 units of CBT water. The total delivered by the Company from 1989 to 1996 is listed in the following table. 1989 38,529 1990 37,026 1991 38,688 1992 32,416 1993 39,432 1994 40,919 1995 31,436 1996 43,967 ., ".", ." '" " ".....".... . ."""...... . , ".",....... · ....... ACRE:OPEEW\ ........DAllr:yE1'{ijpg~B................ ...,sBA.RE....OP..,swoo:K........... 53 51 49 45 54 57 43 61 20,309 9,497 11,880 8,206 11,687 18,168 9,630 7,521 Foothills Dam- 96.014 Page I