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<br />a <br />...~) <br />i- <br />~.. <br /> <br />--.I <br /> <br />IN CONCLUSION, After 3l years, a res~1 <br /> <br />The propoaed benefi~8 to resident. and property owners in <br /> <br />the Dietrlct are being reali~~d. Over 700,000 acree of land are <br /> <br />receiving benefit of its wa~er for maturill9 orops and for dOllles- <br /> <br />tic use. 8tabiUJ\in~ their ability to depend Oil adequate supply. <br /> <br />The cities in the District are receiving more than 45.000 <br /> <br />acre feet of water each year for their domestio u~e and munioipal <br /> <br />purpose.. Domestic water districts are transferees of about 6,500 <br />acre feet more. <br /> <br />The assessed value of the property 1.n the district haa risen <br /> <br />from the ~120,OOO,OOO.OO of' its 1937 beginning, to the 1964 <br /> <br />asse..od valuation exeeedinq $400,000,000.00 <br /> <br />The District has met in full every paymP.nt to the 9overnment, <br /> <br />011 it became due. It has set up a slnkin9 fund approachincj one <br /> <br />millien dollars for principal and maintenance inst81~nts, set <br /> <br />up employee r~tirereent insurance funds as well as for social <br /> <br />security. <br /> <br />It ha~ added to the supply of the South Platte River water <br /> <br />users a nee~e4 8uplemental s~pply of water Whioh, in compara- <br /> <br />tive ~antity, i8 the equivalent to either another cache la <br /> <br />Poudre River or another Thompson River, St. Vrain and Boulder <br /> <br />Cre.M combined. Besides, i8 thfl recurring return flow. <br /> <br />This article has attempted only to answer, chiefly from the <br /> <br />water a!lottee~' concern, questions otten asked, and ~o delineate <br /> <br />~ome o.t tJ\O principal fl'tatul"ltl:l of this one qU4s1-municipality-- <br /> <br />th~ NortheJ:'n Colorado Welter Cop.Gezvllllcy I.J.lltrict. It ill I.l rather <br /> <br />ccmplen on8' in vorks and contracts. <br /> <br />-~~ <br /> <br />/~b~A;~~ <br /> <br />-29- <br />