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~~ FINDINGS OF FACT 6. Golden is located on Clear Creek in Jefferson County. Its municipal water supply is diverted at a point (which also serves as the point of diversion for the Church Ditch), approximately I mile west (upstream) of Golden. Golden's water is treated by conventional water treatment methods and delivered to Golden's customers. The water system service area generally coincides with the Golden city limits. The great bulk of Golden's sewage is collected and conveyed to the Coors/Golden General Wastewater Treatment Plant ("GWTP") where it is treated and discharged back to Clear Creek. 7. Pertinent facilities are as follows: A. The GWTP discharges to Clear Creek about .7 miles below the headgate of the Farmers High Line Canal B. The Croke Canal diverts from Clear Creek approximately one half mile below the GWTP point of discharge. It is so located to receive the entire discharge of the GWTP. The Croke Canal is a primary source of raw water for Standley Reservoir. Standley Reservoir is about 15 miles down the canal from Clear Creek. C. Standley Reservoir is the terminal raw water storage facility for • Thornton, Westminster, Northglenn, and approximately 150 agricultural users in the Standley Lake Division of FRICO. The three cities take water from the lake by pipelines directly to their water treatment plants. The pipelines take raw water from a common outlet near the bottom of the reservoir. Standley Reservoir receives water from the Croke Canal, the Farmers High Line Canal, the Church Ditch and lesser amounts from other tributaries of Clear Creek and the South Platte River. 8. The water rights presently used by the objectors, so far as is relevant to these proceedings, include: A. Thornton: 1. Interests in the Church Ditch, the Farmers High Line Canal and Reservoir Company, and the FRICO Standley Lake Division. B. Westminster: I. Interests in the Church Ditch, the Farmers High Line Canal and Reservoir Company, the FRICO Standley Lake Division and rights from Coal Creek diverted to Standley Reservoir through the Last Chance Ditch. C. FRICO is a Colorado corporation operating as a mutual ditch company for the benefit of its shareholders, including Westminster and Thornton. It is divided for water delivery purposes into four divisions. Approximately 50 percent of the Standley Lake division shares • are owned by Thornton and Westminster, and 50 percent remain in traditional agricultural uses. These agricultural uses include irrigation of various commercial -2-