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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />and recording program to assist in resolving this problem. <br /> <br />Based on the limited data available, WestWater Engineering provided an estimate of water <br />rights yields as of March 1995 in Table IV-G of the Feasibility Report (copy attached). The <br />table indicates that for both mUnicipal rights as well as Norwood's shares in the FWOC, the <br />average year yield would amount to 429 acre-feet and the firm, or dry-year, yield would be <br />206 acre-feet. <br /> <br />As docwnented in my memorandwn to the Board of July 17, 1995, Norwood has acquired an <br />additional 50 shares in the FWOC. Assuming the same minimwn yield as in Table IV-G of <br />the Feasibility Report (one acre-foot per share), the new shares should increase the firm yield <br />by about 50 acre-feet to a total of 256 acre-feet. <br /> <br />Proposed Project <br /> <br />The proposed project consists of a new raw water reservoir with a capacity of about 100 acre- <br />feet. The purpose of the reservoir is to store water during the summer or fall for use in the <br />winter months when, according to the bylaws of the FWDC, water carmot be released from <br />Gurley Reservoir. <br /> <br />The Feasibility Study indicates that the average water use in the Norwood service area for the <br />period October 1988 to July 1991 was about 167 acre-feet per year. Average water use is <br />projected to increase to about 400 acre-feet per year over the next 40 years. <br /> <br />Thus annual supply appears to exceed average annual demands at the present time (256 acre- <br />feet v. 167 acre-feet). The problem, however, is in the distribution of annual supplies. <br />Norwood's mUnicipal surface and sub-surface rights are inadequate to provide a full supply in <br />the winter months while in the summer months there is an excess of water available from the <br />combination of mUnicipal rights and Norwood's shares in the FWDC stored in Gurley <br />Reservoir. <br /> <br />Currently the deficit amounts to about 23 acre-feet during the winter months which is roughly <br />equal to the capacity of the existing raw water reservoir. At present, Norwood has a tap <br />moratoriwn with a large backlog of applications. It is expected that winter demands would <br />quickly exceed raw water storage capacity when the tap moratoriwn is lifted. <br /> <br />Conclusions <br /> <br />Assuming again a dry-year yield of one acre-foot per share for the FWOC shares owned by <br />Norwood, the total yield of the presently-owned 60 shares plus the recently acquired 50 <br />shares would amount to about 110 acre-feet. This is slightly less than the combined <br />capacities of the existing and proposed reservoirs (about 125 acre-feet). <br /> <br />While it appears that virtually all of the water rights in the FWOC are decreed for inigation <br />use, Norwood has been using its shares for mUnicipal purposes since 1964 and 1976 based on <br />the information in Table IV-I of the Feasibility Study. Whether the recently acquired 50 <br />