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<br />.' <br /> <br />Chapter 7 <br /> <br />Entities Involved in <br />Augmentation of Well Depletions <br /> <br />Currently, there are several associations of well owners formed within the Arkansas <br />River basin of Colorado for the purpose of providing replacement water for member wells. <br />Additionally, two water conservancy districts either have or are considering formulation of <br />"enterprises" for this purpose. <br /> <br />The largest associations are: the Lower Arkansas Water Management Association <br />(LAWMA) , the Colorado Water Protective and Development Association (CWPDA), and <br />the Arkansas Groundwater Users Association (AGUA). Several smaller associations, <br />covering approximately 60 wells, have also been formed. A brief summary of the larger <br />organizations follows. <br /> <br />Lower Arkansas Water Management Association (LA WMA) <br /> <br />LA WMA is a non-profit corporation representing 170 members who own or control <br />551 wells that are generally in the region below John Martin Reservoir. LAWMA, through <br />a $65,000 loan obtained from the Colorado Water Conservation Board in May of 1994, <br />retained the services of Helton and Williamsen, P.C., to prepare a feasibility report that <br />describes an augmentation program to replace depletions from LA WMA well pumping to <br />Colorado surface rights, usable stateline flow and to determine the financial feasibility of the , <br />program. This report is dated July, 1995, and a copy has been furnished to Kansas. <br /> <br />Additionally, LA WMA has entered into an option contract and purchase agreement <br />for the X-Y Ranch and associated water rights as a source of replacement water. The <br />closing date for this $3 million purchase is October 15, 1996. A loan of $750,000 was <br />secured from the Colorado Water Conservation Board's (CWCB) Arkansas River <br />Augmentation Loan Account in July, 1995, for this purpose. An additional loan will be <br />sought from the CWCB during the 1996 Colorado legislative session. x- Y R_..... . d <br />1Y\~,\:\.....l;>\'K... <br /> <br />Colorado Water Protective and Development Association (CWPDA) <br /> <br />CWPDA is a non-profit corporation that presently represents 645 member wells in <br />the region above John Martin Reservoir. Many of these wells could be served by an <br />augmentation plan developed by the Southeastern Colorado Water Activity Enterprise (see <br /> <br />24 <br />