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municipal, domestic, and industrial uses requires (1) adequate care and main- tenance of the physical works for water storage and delivery; (2) efficient and accurate operations that assure the deliveries of water in correct quantities, at the right places and at the right times; (3) accurate accounting for the annual water supplies received from the Western Slope collection, and conservation system and its delivery to District contract allottees; (4) continual updating of changes in water allotment contracts in order to be certain that, at all times, the full 310,000 acre-foot units are available for beneficial use under operable and revenue producing contracts; (5) day-by-day handling of all matters of administrative, budgetary, and financial nature in the form and manner re- quired of public agencies; (6) frequent coordination with the Bureau of Re- clamation, as an operating partner, on elements of project system operation and on joint contractual obligations of both operational and financial char- acter; (7) maintenance of compatible working relationships with the county governments, particularly, in the fields of tax and special assessment levies and collections and, additionally, in the county and regional planning aspects which relate to water supplies and uses; (8) continuous upgrading and main- tenance of District headquarters, operating facilities, and equipment; (9) fre- quent amendment of administrative and operational procedures aimed toward improvement of personnel working conditions and efficiency. These include personnel training' and safety programs and regularly scheduled Board reviews and adjustments in salary scales and employee benefits; (10) participation in working relationships with the official water agencies of the State and Federal Governments and with the Legislature of the State and the Congress of the United States; (11) participation with and maintenance of interest in the op- erations and activities of other conservancy and conservation districts in Colorado; and (12) active participation in a number of voluntary water ori~ ented associations of state, regional, and national scope. Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District Headquarters in Loveland, 'Colorado , Without question, the dynamic growth which has occurred and which con- ~inue ~l?ng the Front Range of the Rockies will require continuing changes In pohcles, procedures, and operational methods to keep the District abreast of the needs and demands for water supplies and services. For example, in July. of 1970, the municipalities of Boulder, Longmont, Loveland, Fort Colhns, Greeley, and Estes Park created the Municipal Subdistrict of Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District. Their purpose for so doing is to devel- op a new project on the Colorado River for transportation of an additional and independent water supply through the already available facilities of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project. Obviously, those cities are looking ahead to the futu~e ~ater supply demands that will be imposed upon them. By Conser- v~ncy DIstrict Law, the Municipal Subdistrict is governed by the same board of directors as that of the parent District. However, the directors have chosen different officers to guide their respective functions. Under the direction of the Subdistrict Board, the management and legal staffs of the parent District, at a~tual co~t of personnel time, has performed the technical and operational ~tudles req~I~~d for the new. project; proceeded with the legal work necessary In the acqUISItIon of water rights; and negotiated a contract with the United States for the use of C-BT facilities in the carriage of Subdistrict water. Subdistrict Logo The widespread benefits which Northeastern Colorado has derived from Project construction and District operation is most evident to those residents of the area wh.o will r~member the variable an"d unsupplemented water supplies of the pre-project period. Over the years, the Directors of Northern Colorado Wat~r ~onservan~y District .have performed a vital and tremendously valuable servIc.e In bolstenng the entIr~ economic base within the South Platte Valley. In domg so, they have found It necessary to adopt new ideas, new policies, and procedure~ which would blend with the ever-changing patterns of agri- cultural operatIOn, urban growth, and industrial development. A~ time goes on, it is certain that change will continue. It seems equally certaIn that the taxpayers and water allottees of the district may rest assured that they have an agency and a governing board which will continue to devote all prudent thought and business expertise toward the continuation of such effective services as the future may demand. 1 ,I "