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Mr Don Loloff <br />RE Estimated Augmentation Plan Cost <br />December 23, 2011 <br />Page 6 of 7 <br />Boyd & Freeman Ditch <br />The Boyd & Freeman Ditch is situated such that it also could provide replacements for Loloff Pit <br />depletions. However, it is my understanding that the City of Greeley has acquired 100% <br />ownership of the ditch and it is unlikely that they would be interested in selling any of their <br />ownership. Therefore, further investigation of this ditch was not conducted. <br />Graham Ditch Company <br />Over the past few years, the Loloff Pit SWSP has utilized an annual lease with the Graham Ditch <br />Company to provide replacements during the irrigation season. Replacements from the Graham <br />Ditch Company enter the Poudre River above the Ogilvy Ditch and thus provide a source for <br />irrigation season replacements. However, without storage or recharge this water right is not <br />capable of providing replacements during the non - irrigation season. <br />It is our understanding that the Graham Ditch Company is currently only interested in leasing the <br />water on an annual basis; they are not interested in selling the water right or entering into long- <br />term leases at the present time. Therefore, further investigation of this water right was not <br />conducted. <br />SUMMARY <br />As a result of our investigation, we estimate that in order to augment 34 acres of exposed <br />groundwater that may exist at the Loloff Pit post - reclamation, a total of seven GIC shares and <br />nine NCLPIC shares would be required; the total purchase cost for these water rights is estimated <br />to equal $620k. Note that this analysis required a number of assumptions be made; in particular, <br />the estimate of the required number of NCLPIC shares assumes that an agreement with <br />NCLPIC /LPAC can be obtained in which they would recharge the shares, handle the return flow <br />obligations, and allow you to schedule the full consumptive use credit (as determined by the <br />ditch -wide analysis) at the time of your choosing. If these assumptions are not accurate, then the <br />number of shares required could increase. <br />We also investigated a number of other water rights in the area which could potentially be used <br />to provide replacements for the Loloff Pit, including the WDIC, the Ogilvy Ditch, the Boyd & <br />Freeman Ditch, and the Graham Ditch Company. These water rights can provide irrigation <br />season replacements, but without storage or recharge there would continue to be a need for <br />replacements during the non - irrigation season by some other means. Because it has been the <br />subject of a ditch -wide analysis, shares in Zone 3 of the WDIC are the most likely substitute for <br />GIC shares during the irrigation season. Our analysis found that roughly seven WDIC shares <br />would be required; although less expensive than GIC shares, there would be added infrastructure <br />costs associated with using these shares for replacements which could consume any potential <br />cost savings. Shares in the Ogilvy Ditch could be used for irrigation season replacements, but <br />would require negotiations with objectors, a historical consumptive use analysis on any acquired <br />shares, and the installation of an augmentation station. Based on available information, we <br />believe that water rights in the Boyd & Freeman Ditch and the Graham Ditch Company are <br />currently unavailable for purchase and thus no further investigation was conducted on these <br />water rights. <br />