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'. 001131 . . in that District Court based on construction work now begun on that twelve-mile canal, which leads from St. Vrain Creek to Boulder Creek, and thence forty miles east to the South Platte River. From the South Platte River water is so made available to that part of the District above Farmers Inde- pendent Ditch. C. Thompson River The Thompson River water adjudication proceedings, also in Boulder County District Court, were entered by the District in 1938. Each two years steps have there been taken to preserve adjudication of priorities for the water rights of the District. We have obtained decrees conditional in main, final so far as applications to beneficial use by the completed works are concerned. Such decrees for the works being constructed were-entered April 4, 1952 and will be up for fUIther testimony at the March 1954 term in Boulder County. The decrees and dates awarded by the County relate the District works out of the Thompson River to 1933., and affect the appro- priations of Carter Lake Reservoir, Horsetooth Reservoir, Flat Iron Reservoir and the conduits leading from Lake Estes through the various tunnels to Flat Iron Reservoir, and thence northerly to the Thompson River and to -the Cache la Poudre River, and, southerly from Flat Iron Reservoir, to Carter Lake and St. Vrain River and to Boulder Creek and thence onward to the South Platte. The District has also a direct appropriation out of the Thompson River by what is known as Dille Tunnel through the mountain from a point just below Montrose in Thompson River Canyon to the Horsetooth Feeder Canal, near the mouth of Thompson Canyon, whence waters are delivered to and through Horsetooth Reservoir to the Poudre River. Boulder Creek An adjudication was held and a Final Decree was entered in 1953 in Boulder County District Court as to the water rights of ditches and reservoirs taking their supply from Boulder -::.::.. -23-