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<br />~ternatives Eva1uated <br /> <br />A range of alternatives were considered on how to generate <br />additional augmentation supplies for the SDC including 1) don't <br />pursue a project and continue to rely upon GASP for their <br />additional augmentation, 2) purchase a senior water right and use <br />it for augmentation, 3) construct additional recharge ponds <br />filled from the Springdale ditch. <br /> <br />A subjective evaluation of the alternatives follows: <br /> <br />1. Don't pursue a project: <br /> <br />If a project were not pursued, the SDC would continue to <br />rely upon GASP for their additional augmentation <br />requirements. Even though GASP has provided augmentation <br />coverage for the past 30 years, there is no certainty of <br />total augmentation coverage with the GASP plan. Supplies <br />currently used to augment the 43 SDC wells are secured by <br />GASP on a one-year lease basis. If any of these leases are <br />not renewed or can not be renewed because of the extreme <br />drought conditions, the SDC could be forced to curtail their <br />well use. This could potentially be an annual loss of <br />approximately 3,500 acre feet of irrigation water. This <br />event, if it occurred, could lead to a major loss of crops <br />under the SDC system. This alternative is not an acceptable <br />alternative to the Company. <br /> <br />2. Purchase a senior water right and use it for <br />augmentation: <br /> <br />This alternative is currently used by many municipalities <br />for the very same reason. Shares of Prewitt Reservoir water <br />can be purchased for augmentation. Currently, shares of <br />Prewitt, specifically Morgan-Prewitt shares, are selling for <br />$15,000 or approximately $1,000 per acre foot of water. <br />Prewitt Reservoir water could be used py the SDC system if <br />enough was available to be purchased. This alternative would <br />cost the SDC well over $1,000,000. <br /> <br />3. Construct additional recharge ponds filled from the <br />Springdale ditch: <br /> <br />This alternative would consist of building two new recharge <br />ponds and building a pump system to fill an existing unused <br />pond. This system fills the ponds during the winter months <br />when there is generally not a call on the river. The water <br /> <br />Feasibility Study <br />Springdale Ditch Company <br />Augmentation Project <br />May 2003 <br /> <br />4 <br />