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to be served. Lower left corner is Green Moun-tain reservoir (capacity 152,000 a.f.) for western slope protection. Ranch Creek reservoir may serve both sides. Granby reservoir (capacity 482,000 a.f.) is main storage basin. Electric pumps will raise water to Shadow Mountain lake to flow into Grand Lake held at constant level. From there thru 13.1 mile tunnel under continental divide, east portal in Wind river canon, water will reach power plant half mile below Estes Park village. From Big Thompson water will be diverted to reservoirs and canals on St. Vrain, Big and Little Thompson and Poudre rivers.NEBRASKA
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Head of Sponsor's Association Tells Rotarians Tunnel Project Means Increase of $12,000,000 a Year for District's Farmers
Economic surveys show the Colo-rado-Big Thompson Trans Mountain project (Grand Lake) to be needed and profitable.
Engineering surveys reveal it to be feasible and practical. The U. S. Bu-reau of Reclamation it is understood, will recommend a budget item to start work on the project.
Now it is up to the people of north-ern Colorado to roll up their sleeves and set up machinery for repaying to the government the $22,000,000 which the diversion pro3ect is to cost. Re-payment is planned in forty annual payments without interest.
That was tne summarization of the status of this highly important north-ern Colorado project made before the Greeley Rotary club Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1936 by Charles Hansen, Greeley publisher, and president of the North-ern Colorado Water Users Association, who said that the project for diverting western slope water to the eastern slope fields would mean an average annual income increase for northern Colorado farmers of $8,000,000 to $10,-000,000.
The Northern Colorado Water Users association, a voluntary organization of 135 of the ditch companies in the benefit area, already has been formed to promote the project.
A special effort was made by Rotary
club members Wednesday to have as many farmers and water users as possible present to hear Mr. Hansen's explanation of the Grand Lake proj-ect.
The speaker utilized a large relief map made by reclamation bureau en-gineers to explain the mechanics of the collection system in the vicinity of Grand Lake. He used maps to ex-plain the distribution plans on the eastern slope and numerous charts to emphasize the need for more water In this area.
Points brought out by the speaker Included:
No Interference with West Slope 1. Diversion of 320,000 acre feet of water from the headwaters of the Colorado River will not interfere with present water rights on the western slope or any possible future needs there.
2. Rather than interfering with the scenic beauty of the Grand Lake area, it will enhance its beauty by increas-ing the acreage of mountain lakes,
al-ways a tourist attraction.
3. Increased supply of water will stabilize northern Colorado agricul-ture, do away with lean years of short water and raise general level of pro-duction. Average yield of sugar beets would be increased by three tons an acre.
4. The water it provides would cost at present estimates $2.00 an acre foot plus about 15 cents for operating ex-pense. Figured another way, it would cost $46 per million cubic feet. After 40 years cost of water would be only operating expense charges. When a farmer finds it necessary to purchase extra water under present conditions, he pays from $100 to $200 a million cubic feet for it. A million cubic feet covers 23 acres a foot deep.
Unused Water Must Be Utilized In explaining the background of the project, Mr. Hansen said that under the terms of the Colorado River com-pact, the upper basin states must pass 75 million acre feet of Colorado River water to the lower basin states each ten years, an average of 7,500,000 acre feet a year. In some years it may be less, other years it may be more, but the average must be maintained over ten-year periods. Sixteen million acre feet of water are now passing Lee's Ferry annually of which 12,000,000 acre feet originate in Colorado and of which 6,300,000 acre feet are fur-nished by the Colorado River at the point where it passes into Utah.
This huge supply of unused water cannot be utilized on the Western slope and is available for Colorado if arrangements can be made to get it across the mountains to eastern fields, Mr. Hansen said.
Records kept of the Colorado River flow at Palisade day by day for 30 years show that in only one year of the whole 30 years could western slope users utilize any more water
than they obtained. That was in 1931 when they could have used 30,000 more acre feet of water for late fall irrigation, Mr. Hansen said.
Approximately 400,000 acre feet of water are all that can be collected for diversion in the Grand Lake vicinity, Mr. Hansen said. The plan contem-plates collection of about 345,000 acre feet of this amount. with delivery of
320,000 acre feet to Me eastern slope.
The loss would be from evaporation and seepage.
Three Lakes in Project Three lakes west of the divide would be in the picture on the
west-ern slope—Grand Lake, Shadow
Moun-tain Lake, adjoining Grand Lake, both to be kept at the same constant level; and Granby Reservoir, a large stor-age basin (storstor-age capacity 482,000 acre feet) at an elevation 150 feet lower. Water from Granby reservoir would be lifted by electric pumps so that it would flow into Shadow Moun-tain Lake, thru Grand Lake to a 13 mile tunnel emerging at a point in Wind River canon about six miles south of Estes Park village. The tun-nel is planned to handle 550 second
feet of water. From the end of the long
tunnel, it would be transported in closed conduit and pass under Giant Track mountain, past Mary's lake, east of Prospect Mountain at Estes Park village and enter the Big Thompson river a short way below Estes Park. The fall there of 745 feet would be utilized to operate a power plant, part of the product of which would be led by transmission line around Rocky Mountain National Park to operate free the pumping plant to lift the water 150 feet from Granby reservoir to the Shadow Mountain lake. This power plant installation, estimated to cost $3,000,000 is calcu-lated to be self-liquidating and is not figured against the cost of the irriga-tion water system.
The plans also Include a scheme by which the diverted water might be carried further down east slope, if de-sired, to a point near the Forks hotel, where it could be dropped 1,236 feet to be used in a large hydro-electric plant.
Will Supply Three Streams Once the water has been trans-ported down the Big Thompson, it will go into three channels or forks. The south fork would lead into the Carter reservoir of 110,000 acre feet to supply the St. Vrain river territory. This reservoir would be west of
Ber-thoud. The middle fork would be the Thompson river, users to be provided by direct flow who could get 75,000 acre feet a season. The north fork would lead to the Horse Tooth reser-voir, a new lake west of Fort Collins with 96,000 acre feet capacity. From it Poudre river ditches cculd be sup-plied upstream as far as the Poudr, Valley canal. Study is now being made of a method for supplying the North Poudre territory also. Arkins or Buck-horn reservoir, storage capacity 50,000
acre feet, may later come into the
pro-ject.
With 482,000 acre feet of new storage
on the western side and 254,000 acre feet of new storage on the eastern side, northern Colorado farmers would always have over a two years' supply of supplemental water in reserve, suf-ficient to bring the supply nearly up to the 1926 total, a year that is taken as the control year because in 1926 all ditches had all the water they needed. Compensatory storage for use of Western Slope would be either in the Blue or Williams Fork rivers.
Charts Show Irregularity of Supply Charts showing the irregularity of the water supply, its fluctuations by months, its shortage when needed most, were shown by Mr. Hansen who said that some ditches in 1934 were 70 per cent short. With 736,000 new acre feet in storage, this situation would be eliminated, he said.
Figures showing how crop
produc-tion increases with added water, were
given by Mr. Hansen in urging the importance of added water. Produc-tion of sugar beets alone, he said, in 1926 when sufficient water was avail-able was $31 an acre more than the short water year of 1934, figuring beets at only $5 a ton.
Benefit Large Area
The diverted water would benefit directly six counties, Boulder, Lari-mer, Weld, Morgan, Logan, Sedgwick and a very small part of Washington county, making the seventh. Popula-tion is about 200,000. Assessed valua-tion of the six counties has been as high as $300,000,000, but at present is held at about $200,000,0000. There are around 800,000 acres of highly culti-vated and irrigated land in the terri-tory, with private irrigation works valued at $35,000,000. Crop production annually in good years is $40,000,000 to $45,000,000. The cities of Boulder, Longmont, Loveland, Fort Collins, Windsor, Eaton, Fort Lupton,
Johns-town, Fort Morgan, Brush, Sterling, Julesburg and about 90 smaller towns are within the area to be served. City
of Denver, only 25 miles from the edge
of the territory, is a city of 300,000 in-habitants.
Water shortage in this old irrigated territory is the result of a series of dry years coupled with the changed agricultural practices. Earliest works based their water requirements on grains and forage crops that de-veloped and matured the first half of the summer season when there was the greatest runoff from mountain snows. Row crops, principally sugar beets, potatoes, beans and corn have in large measure supplanted grains and hay, and are calling for much greater quantities of water and also at a much later period in the growing season, necessitating larger water sup-plies and better control of these.
The following is an informal state-ment by Porter J. Preston, senior en-gineer of the U. S. Bureau of Recla-mation, who has had direct charge of the survey of the Colorado-Big Thompson project:
THE COLORADO-BIG THOMPSON PROJECT
(By Porter J. Preston) This project is for the purpose of diverting water from the headwaters of the Colorado River at an elevation of 8050 feet, about five miles northeast
of Granby, through a tunnel under the
Continental Divide 13.1 miles in length into Wind River, a tributary of the Big Thompson, mainly for the supple-mental irrigation of 800,000 acres of lands now receiving an inadequate water supply from the St. Vrain and Little Thompson Creeks, Big Thomp-son, Poudre and Lower South Platte Rivers reaching from the foothills eastward to the vicinity of Julesburg. The following are the main features of the project:
(1) The Granby Reservoir with a ca-pacity of 482,000 acre feet and a surface area of 6754 acres. This is created by a dam in the Colo-rado River 220 feet in height and 800 feet in length at the top. (2) Willow Creek Diversion Canal
diverting the water of Willow Creek near Dexter into the Gran-by Reservoir.
(3) The North Fork Diversion Dam, 35 feet in height, located one-half mile downstream from the junction of Grand Lake Outlet with the North Fork of the
Colo-rado River. This dam creates Shadow Mountain Lake covering 1356 acres with water surface at same elevation as the water surface of Grand Lake and con-nected with it through the pres-ent outlet of Grand Lake. (4) A pumping plant located on the
shore of Granby Reservoir with a capacity of 870 second feet lift-ing water to an elevation 10 feet above the water surface of Shadow Mountain and Grand Lakes. From the pumping plant the water will flow through a four and one-half mile conduit into Shadow Mountain Lake. (5) A tunnel from the easterly end
of Grand Lake running north-easterly under the Continental Divide into Wind River, a tribu-tary of the Big Thompson. The tunnel is 13.1 miles in length, 9% feet in diameter of horse shoe section. It will carry 550 second feet or 1100 acre feet per day. A wier at Grand Lake and automatic control gates at en-trance of tunnel will regulate the water entering the tunnel portal so that the water surface of Grand Lake can not be drawn be-low be-low water stages. An 800-foot open channel connects the tunnel with Grand Lake.
(6) From the east portal of the tun-nel a covered conduit will lead the water to the easterly slope of Prospect Mountain, where it will be dropped 745 feet to gene-rate electrical power at Power Plant No. 1. This plant is located about one-fourth mile east of Estes Park village.
(7) Feeder Canal No. 2 will divert water from the Big Thompson River immediately below Power Plant No. 1. This canal will be 10.6 miles in length, following parallel with the Big Thompson River and to the north of it to near the junction of the North Fork at Drake where a head of 1236 feet is obtained for Power Plant No. 2. It is planned to use a maximum of 650 second feet through this plant.
(8) Feeder Canal No. 3, diverting
be-low Power Plant No. 2, will carry
water along the north side of the Big Thompson for a distance of 2.9 miles to Power Plant No. 3 where a head of 340 feet is obtained for power development. It is planned to use a maximum
of 650 second feet through this plant.
(9) Carter Lake Diversion Canal will divert immediately below Power Plant No. 3 on the south side of the river and at a point about 5.5 miles down stream will be bifurcate, one branch leading southward and discharging into Carter Lake Reservoir. The oth-er branch going eastoth-erly will con-vey water to Power Plant No. 4. Its total length from the river diversion is 4.8 miles. This power plant will have units operating under two different heads of 390 and 553 feet, respectively. The water from the former will cross the river, discharging into the Horsetooth Reservoir Feeder and the latter into the Big Thompson River.
(10) Carter Lake Reservoir, south-west of Loveland, with a capacity of 110,000 acre feet, will store water for the St. Vrain, Little and Big Thompson sector of the project.
(11) Horsetooth Reservoir, southwest of Fort Collins, with a capacity of 96,000 acre feet, will store water for the Poudre sector of the project.
(12) Arkins Reservoir, northwest of Loveland with a capacity of 50,-000 acre feet, will store water for distribution along the Big Thompson or the lower South Platte River section. Water may also be distributed to the South Platte from either the Carter Lake or Horsetooth Reservoirs. (13) Outlet canals lead from these three reservoirs to the several streams which each is to supply, of sufficient capacity to empty the reservoirs in from 60 to 70 days.
(14) The Green Mountain Reservoir, south of Kremmling, is planned for developing to a sufficient capacity to replace water taken from the Colorado River at or above the Granby Reservoir that would be usable for irrigation from the main river westward to the Colorado-Utah state line. This reservoir can be developed to a capacity of 152,000 acre feet. One power plant may be developed Immediately below the reservoir dam and a second plant about two miles down stream.
(15) A transmisson line conecting the several power plants with the pumping plant at Granby and
tie-ing into the power lines of exist-ing public utilities in northeast-ern Colorado.
(16) A study is being made to de-termine whether there is a suf-ficient water supply to justify the development of the Ranch Creek Reservoir, feeder canal from Frazier River and connect-ing canal to Granby Reservoir. This is considered as a secondary development for irrigation of lands below Granby Reservoir and
above Kremmling. It may be used
in part to supplement the water supply of the Granby Reservoir. Plan of Development and Operation
The initial development will include the construction of the following: Granby Reservoir, Willow Creek Di-version Canal, North Fork DiDi-version Dam, Pumping Plant and conduit to Shadow Mountain Lake, Continental Tunnel, Conduit from East Portal of tunnel to Power Plant No. 1, Power Plant No. 1, Carter Lake Diversion Canal, Carter Lake, Horsetooth and Arkins Reservoirs, with feeder and outlet canals, Green Mountain Reser-voir and transmission line connecting Power Plant No. 1 with the Pumping Plant and a connection with existing transmission lines.
It is estimated that these works will deliver 300,000 acre feet annually from the Colorado River Basin to the east-ern slope without encroachment upon the rights of usage of water for bene-ficial use in the Colorado River Basin in the State of Colorado.
Grand Lake Level Constant The present water level of Grand Lake will not be changed but on the contrary the water surface will be held to a more uniform level than is now attained under natural conditions. The project will be operated to store the major portion of the flood season's flow of the Colorado River and other gathering agencies in the Granby
Res-ervoir, thence by pumping the water
back into the Shadow Mountain Reser-voir for discharge through the Conti-nental Tunnel during the late summer, fall, winter and spring, at a uniform rate for the development of power. It will be restored in Carter Lake, Horsetooth and Arkins Reservoirs for use mainly during July 10 to Septem-ber 25 for the irrigation of late matur-ing crops. The canals leadmatur-ing from the three reservoirs on the eastern slope are planned of sufficient capacity to deliver the 300,000 acre feet in 60 to 75 days, as required by the late crops.
The project has the advantage with its storage capacity of nearly three-quarter million acre feet on both sides of the Continental Divide to equalize the years of excessive runoff with the years of low flow, to transfer the water at a rate that a small sized tun-nel can be made to serve the purpose, giving a uniform water flow for the development of firm power, and hav-ing the stored water on hand at the time of spring seeding so the farmer may sow with some assurance that he will have water for irrigation.
Although cost figures on the plans as now developed are not yet avail-able, there seems to be no doubt that the cost of the water will be well with-in what the farmer can pay when its economic value is considered in matur-ing the late crops of the territory to be served.
Organization
Before construction of the project can be started, it will be necessary to have an organization perfected that
can represent the interests of North-ern Colorado for the purpose of
con-tracting with the United States
Government, securing the repayment of the cost and operating the complet-ed system.
The preliminary work is being done by The Northern Colorado Water Us-ers Association, a mutual stock com-pany similar in legal form to the ordi-nary ditch organization in Colorado. While this company was incorpo-rated with the idea of using it as the permanent agency for the purpose, several other plans are being studied in order to be sure that the best pos-sible type of organization is secured. Among these plans is one for a form of improvement district which would include powers of appraisal of bene-fits to property within the district and the levying of taxes. Such a plan would provide means for distributing some of the costs of the project to property indirectly benefitted and would allow a wider base and more equitable dis-tribution of assessments.
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1E7PATIVE OUTLINE OF REPORT - Economic Irrigation Jurvey of Northern '3olorado - . L. Parshall
Introduction t. History
Oneral Comment Nt. Physical Features ,
), Valuations and population South Platte and Tributaries
Complicated water problem NZ Use of water in area
)1L DrainEv7e and alkali problems
Meteorological 3tatistics
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recirJitation, temperature, wind, humidityI sohyetal map of area
Tabulation of records (several towns)? /
Evaporation
Snow cover i- idountain, annual change 42A/010-tdo Soils and .,,rops
-.gator requirements By water districts.' Duty of Water Gross headgate Y Net duty / Consumptive Duty
Economic Use and Value of ':iater Supply . Cost of irrigation in various areas
>e, Value of company
-2-, Renting of water Irrigation 3evelopment
Mimber of canals and ditches v districts Length of main canals - total
Length of laterals - Total
x Number of reservoirs by district - Total capacity Administration and Distribution
State Canal
Water Rights, Decrees and Adjudications. lippropriaLions y streams
Tabulation to show over-appropriations
Disposition of the increase in return flow. Inoperative decrees
Water Resources Run-off
x Seepage return
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ExchangeWater supply -ast few years
X Pumping Flood flous X Foreign diversions )( Transportation loss NL Physical fitness Shortaqe
Supplemental supT)ly - transmountain G.L. Seepage eturn Flow to Streams
-3-. Large reservoirs
Distribution and amount
1.11gmented by supplemental supply. Ditches and Reservoirs
Storage, 7resent and combined sup Cost of storage, east slope
Efficiency of ditches " reservoirs Farm irrigation
Shortage of !resent Supply • W-f2A/ZtAA 4A±
districts
Financial loss dure to shortage Farmer
Industry Business
Supply from Grand Lake not sufficient to meet demand Grand Lake Supplemental supply
History
Various reports
Gener91 .can, .engineering features
Estimated costs Leal aspecs
Plan of organization
Irrigation and power needs - jestern Slope? Finanicial relations
Key map
2Lvailable water supply Colorado :-.iver above Granby
_4-Power development to supply Granby pumping.
Sale Qf water fe-om Granby reservoir, Colo.River users Storage and Operation of Tunnel supply (Base 275,000 acre-ft.)
Granby Reservoir Carter Lake
Horsetooth Reservoir
Distribution of St.Vrain, Thompson, Cache la Youdre and loer South Platte.
Operation of tunnel, i.e., r.te of flow at various times during the year.
Apportionment and Distribution
Develop basis for allocation of supply Plan of aistribution - detail examples Present available slorage, east slope
By exchange,effect will extend up Platte and
tributaries (Boulder, Clear, Bear, etc.) above mouth of St. Vrain.
Regulation of flow in streams to increase efficient* of supply.
:leasurement of water. This will be an important part of the problem as a whole.
All streams receiving G.L. water will have to be better provided with some adequate ane, practical measuring device to account for the distribution.
Penalties for transmission of water in public and private channels.
Storage in private reservoirs.
Will need return flow due to increased supply to river of G.L. district water. ]erobably should be consideredaA river water.
lanagement of storaree.
The sup up to be delivered on demand Time element of flow to reach a certain point.
Flexibility of flov, in Big Thompson desirable because of storage in the several reservoirs.
Distribution. to North :pudre and other hiF2h areas.
How to measure two supplies comined - river right and
G.L. water?
Will enlargements to present camUs and ditches be
necessary.
Provide for college supply
How will the Left lianji district be -orovided.
Nevi supply in all streas will change completely the present management of aistribution.
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Suggested Topics for Discussion, Economic Irri -ation survey
GRAND LAKE PROJECT Foreword - Introduction
Historical - genera] comment South Platte drainage
Tributaries
V Use of water in JAIth Platte drainage. I/ Irrigation development
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Water rights and decrees., )itches and Reservoirs
/Administratio-1 and Distribution VExchanne
/ Seepage Return
Water requirements in various areas
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r sent water supply./Supplemental supply - r!rElnd Lal:e
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Present foreiF. water diversions4, Shortage and v&ue /Economic use
V Soils viCrops
v; Storage - present and combined supply. iPumping
V Water rents
V Cost f irri -ation per acre
Usable water v° Drainage
-2- Grand Lake Project Outline Alkali problems
/Costs of east slope storage - dollars per acre-feet Hydrographs
"Flood flows in relation to problem VDisposition of new water
VtLethod of distributin7 - not to include electric per revenues i/A;)portionin n e water.
poe'ssessed valuations VPhysical conditions
ye College meteorological records
Cc)sts of new wate per acre-ftot - 40 year basis Works in operation for centuries to come(???)
\/(Total appropriations 1;y streams - also total
Duty of wFter - big clustion - average means little. Henrylyr Irrigation District
Farmers' Irrigation Company
setter inforLiation on Jest jlope water supply
Cale of water from Granby Reservoir to Colorado River users Operation of sy tern on '::est side
Ybrithly diversions through tunnel VP6pulation statistics
Climate
Photographs - 50 to 75
v/ Tivaporation
Engineering
Hydrographic
GENERAL DIVISIONS OF REPORT ON
COLORADO-BIG THOMPSON PROJECT
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General Statement ( Designs ( Cost Estitate t estern Slope '( Stream Flow t PreciAtation Temperaturei
liaccaNts (Location ) (Object ) (Scope of Report (Surveys (Colorado River )(N.Fork at Grand Lake) Grand Lake Outlet (S.Fork at Monarch (Granby estimated (Hot Sulphur (Krummling (Glenwood Springs (Palisades
(t Effect of adding 550 C.S.F. to Big
Thompson in May and June ( (Eastern Slope
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South Platte At Denver Kearsey Julesburg Conclusions Tributaries Fraser Fraser Granby Tunnel Portal St.Louls Fraser 95001 Elev. Vasquez N,lar Fraser 9500' Elev. Ranch Creeks Mouth /500 Blue River Dillon Krammling Willow Creek Dexter Tributaries Poudre at Ft. Collins &Mouth Big Thompson at Drake * Canyon Mouth Little Thompson at Mouth St. Vrain at Lyons &MouthHydrographic
Land Claud.-ficatiou .
Replacement
Western Slope
Demands for irrigation present and future and for power.
Difference between demands and stream flow avail-able for tranemountain diverslon.
Excess water available for future irrigation in Foudre, Big Thampson, St. Vrain and Lower S. Platte
Western Slope
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(Irrigated (Main Stream abovo Granby
(Lands along (Between Granby & Hot Sulphur
( ( " Hot Sulphur oc Kremrling
k li Kremmling & Palisades
( " Palisades & State Line
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(Irrigated (Tributaries
(Lands along ( Fraser & Tr1butaries
( Willow Cr. ( N. Fork C ( S. Fork ( ( Little Muddy ( i Beaver ( Williams ( ( Troublesome ( ( Blue River ( ( Eagle ( Roaring Fork ( Gunnison ( ( Rifle Cr. ( ( Elk Cr. ( ( Roan Cr. ( ( Plateau Cr. ( ( (Irri&ible Lands ( vain Stream as above ( Tributaries ( as above
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itctets Irrigable - Demand - Main River
Tributaries (Operation Set-up & Contracts
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Power )Rcluirements)Possibilities
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Power Plant 02 1Power Produced (Firm (
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Power (Econovic Operation Synchronized (
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and Discharge to Poudre(
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( Transmission Lines
Power Plant 0, on Blue River
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Eastern Slope
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Shadow Mountain Lakeblue River replacenentGranby Reservoir Ranch Creek Reservoir (Carter Lake Horsetooth Reservoir Arkins Reservoir Plains Reservoir Operation Set-Alp
Geology
( Continental Tunnel
Horsetooth Tunnel i Hogback Tunnel
Tunnels Carter Lake Tunnels
Giant Track Tunnel
Power Conduit Tunnels on Big Thompson Green hidge Tunnel
Damsites (Horsetooth (Carter Lake (Arkins (Granby 01. Fork iversions (Blue iliver
( Poudre (Acres irrigated (Amt. of Niter (Shortage
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( (Crops — (Value (Loss due to Shortage Gain Tith
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Lower So. ( 'Ditto Ditto
Platte )
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( Form of Contract rater Users Assoc. (Ditch Companies
Economic Municipalities
Survey Individuals
( ( uorporations
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( List of Users ze Amt. desired
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( Operation Set-up (
( Collection Agency (
( Total Amount of water to be delivered
( Est. Cost per acre ft. (Repayment of original Inv. without interest (Operation & Maintenance
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Rocky Mountain National Perk
1 Description (Present Boundry (Proposed Boundry Charter
Effect of Construction ) Main Tunnel
on Park Tunnel Waste
Shadow Mt. Lake Power Conduits
Benefits to Park ) Water Storage in Estee
) Shadow Mt. Lake
) Tourist Attractions
( Proposed Exchange of affected areas for
St. Vrain Glacier Area.
General Description of ( Uses of water
Proposed Transmountain ( Estimated amount to be diverted
Diversions ( Effect on Western Slope Water Supply
Model
Pumping Plant
( Picture Colored
Description
( Area Covered, etc.
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Natural Flow into Grand &Shadow Mt. Lakes. Suvly for Granby Res. from all sources. Demands on Granby Reservoir.
Log of operation of Granby Reis. showing 7.S. Elevation by days.
GENERAL STATE NT
Designs & Drawings
Ranch Cr. RAS.
Cross Section & Plan
Spillway & Outlet
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Diversion Tunael Profile
Area & Capacity Curve Granby Dam
Cross Section & Plan
Spillway & Outlet 7ks.
Diversion Tunnel Profile
Area & Capacity Curves Cut—off Wall
Drilling & Pit results
Proposed highway relocation 2 Auxiliary Earth Dams
Plans, Profiles Sections
ENGINEERING.
gliat Picturep
Map of State
Map of entire oroject Map showing surveys
Kam
General location Topography
General location Topography
liap of Pits & Drill Holes
S It
N. fork Diversion Dam General location
Cross Section and Plan Topography
Automatic gates Elevations & plans
Siphon spillway Spillway Section Profile
Granby Pumping Plant Buildings (Plan
(Elevation
Pumps (Sections & Plans
Pressure Line Tunnels & :shafts Trash racks Control rorka
Table of Power required, differ— ent heads and capacities
General location Topography Picttlres Dam Site Darn site ft Damaite
ENGINEERING (Contid.)
14,14gne & DrpwingS (Conttd.) Maps Pictures
Conduit from G Pumping Plant General Location
to Shadow Mt. Lake Topography
Hydraulics (Canal Sections earth
Profile ( a Rock
Flumes inc. Bench, rasteways Siphons
Tunnels Bridges
Bridge Across Channel
connecting Shadow Mt. Lake & Grand Lake
Plan Sections
tienerA. location (Get Picture)
Topography
Inlet Channel to Cont. Tunnel General location
Topography Plan, 6ection6 Hydraulics
De-wails of Automatic Unties Ice i'rotection
Transitions Channel to Control Control to Tunnel
Covered Section, Foot Bridges Elec. Connections.
Barrier
Plan, Sections Kydrauics Continental Tunnel
(Lined
Sections (Lined 6. Timbered
General Locrtions General Location Drawing of musts landscaping. Hydraulics Portal Designs
Gate House & Automatic Control Profile
Geology inc. Seismic Survey
Disposal of waste, method of landscaping.
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ENGINEERING (Cont' d.)
Designs & Drav:ings (Contt d.) tA21.
Covered Conduit
Picturp,
From Tunnel Portal General Map General location
to Giant Tr.Tunnel-Topograph7 Section, Hydraulics,
Siphons, Cuts earth & rock Profile
Landscaping over top Giant Track Tunnel
Hydraulics & Section (Timber & Lined (Lined
Disposal of
waste
Profile
Design Portals
General Location E. Portal
Conduit From Portal Uiant Tr. Tunnel
to Estes Park Power Plant 01 General location
Topography Earth )
Rock ) Sections
Maryls Lake Siphon (Ovation (Hydraulics (Transitions (Profile rasteways & Turnouts
Estes Park Power Plant 01 Building (Plan
(Section
Turbines &
Generators (Plan (Sections Control & TransformersPenst cks-Gates, etc. Por;er Output chart
Transmission Line to Granby Pump Plant
& Ft. Collins General Layout
Design of Towers
General location
Pictures of Line
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ENGINEERING (Cont' d.)
Designs & Drawings (Contmld)
Tail race Estes Park Power Plant Down Big Thompson to Carter Lake
Diversion Dam
(Hydraulics of Big Thompson (River Sections
taros
General Map of River Showing
Topography & Profile
Diversi,n from Big Thompson
Tailrace of Estes Park Power Plant
into conduit for Power Plants Nos. 2 &
Open Section in Earth, Hydraulics Flumes, Bridges
Siphons, Turnouts
Sections(Timbered & Lined
(Lined
Tunnels (Unlined
Profiles, Hydreculice.
Power Plants Nos. 2 &3 Same es No. 1.
Gene al Maps
showing Topography 3 & layout
Profile
Diversion Dam Big Thompson
Plan, Sections, Profile & Gatos, Q = 650
Canal - Diversion, Dam to Bifurcation to - Topography
Carter Lake Profile
Tunnel Sections, Earth & Rock Sections, Flumes, Siphons, Spillways
Bifurcation (Canal to Carter Lake (Canal to Power Plant
Plan - Sections
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Canal to Carter Lake
(Lined Q is 300
Tunnels (Unlined Sections Siphons Section, Profile, Plan,
Bridges, Turnouts, Flumes, wastewe,ys. Topography Profile Pctures (Get (Typical (Picture
ENGINEERING (Contld.)
Designs & Drawings (Contl d.) MAP Pictures
Canal Power Plant #4 to Horsetooth Res. Topography
Profile Siphon (Plan
(Section Needle Valve detail. (Profile
Canal Section (Earth
(Rock Hydraulics
Tunnels (Lined Timbered
(Unlined Sections
Flumes, Bridges (State Turnouts, liasteways (County
(Farm Horsetooth Leservoir
Plan, Section, Profile of Dams Area & Capacity Curves
Outlet Works
Tunnel - Section Gates-(Plan
(Sections Profile
Canal to Lewistone Creek Earth)
Rock ) Sections Hydraulics
Siphons, Flumes, Bridges State County Farm
Srall Topographic
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damsitesProfile of saddles General View
General Map Topographic
Profile
Turnouts, wasteways,
Turnout into Lewistone Cr. (Plan (Sections Flume across Lewistone (Plan
(Sections
Earth Canal Lewistone Cr. to Poudre General Map
Valley Canal Topogr phic
Section-Earth-Hydraulics Profile
FlumesSiphon across Poudre at Waterworks (Plan
Bridges (State (Section
(County (Profile
(Farm
WGINHEUNG (Contid.)
Designs &
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Carter Lake Res. &
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Area & Capacity Curie, ?lane,
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Profiles of Dams
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Outlet Works
Spillway(?)
Canal to St. Vrain
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General Map
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GRneval Nap
Topographic
Profile
Turnouts
Power Plant #4 at Dam Store
Big Thompson
Penstock (Section
Vrofile
(Anchors
Building(Plan
(Section
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Power Set-up
Generators
Turbines
Control System
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(To Big Thompson
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HYDROGRAPHI
Tables Actual Records Daily Stream glow
N.F. & Grand Lake Outlet 1905-1935
Colorado River at Granby "
1905-1935 Fraser at Granby Monthly 1905-35 Willow Creek- 1935-36. S. Fork 1935-36. Meadow Cr. 1936 Strawberry 1936 Ranch Cr. at Mouth-1919-35. St. Louis Cr. at 9500- 1919-35 Vasquez Cr. Vt It
Fraser at Tunnel Portal
Colorado River at Hot Sulphur Colorado River at Kremmling Blue at Dillon
Blue near Kremmling Williams at Parshall Williams at Scholl Colorado at Glenwood Colorado at Palisades Colorado at uisco, Utah.
& Estimated MaDa General Map of area showing general features • and location of gaging station drainaga areas. Diagrams (1) Hydrograph showing stream flow Grand Lake Outlet & N.Fork & amt. taken by tunnel.
(2) Hydrograph of supply at Granby Res. showing flow Colo. at Granby + inflow from Willow Cr. + inflow from Fraser + inflow from Meadows and Strawberry Creeks. This hydrograph would show demand for pumping to supply tunnel from 01. Difference IT storage in Granby Res.
(3) Table showing ef-fect of this storage on Granby Res.gage height.
Potet In a bore hydro-. graphs there would be deducted from available supply irrigation de-mands both present & future, seepage &
evaporation lossespetc) Hydrograph showing
stream flowing into & out of Ranch Cr. Res.
& op ration of Canal
Tables Ma
General Map of area showing stations &7 area irrigated; also sketch of our proposed diversion layout.
Diagrams
Hydrograph of Stream Flow at
Hot Sulphur showing amounts divert ed by City, Colorado-Big Thomp-son and estimated future use for irrigation western slope. (1) Hydrograph of stream flow at
Kremmling showing effect of pro-posed diversions from Fraser, Colo., at Granby, Wil iams River, Blue River; also amount that would be required to take care of all irrigable lands. (2) Hydrograph of Stream Flow
at Glenwood Spgs. sh,-,wing effect of proposed :Aversions and in-creased use as indicated above. (3) Hydrograph of stream flow at
Palisades showing effect of diversionspetc., as indicated in (1).
(4) Hydrograph of stream flow at Cisco, Utah, showing effect of above diversions, etc, (4) Hydrographs of stream flow
for years of record -f Poudre, Big Thompson & St. Vrain show-ing excess and deficiency when normal demand is ap lied.
(5) Hydrograph of Lower So.Platte showing stream flow of record & showing excess and deficiency
Maps (A)
(1) General Map of Colorado River, Granby to State Line
(2) General Map of tributaries that might affect flow of Colorado. (These maps on small scale would show lands now irrigated and
irrigable areas).
(4)
(5)
Typical field sneets reduced to letter-size slicming how work is done. Summary of irrigable areas with relation to gaging stations on main
stream and tributaries.
Description of Classification (B)
(Lands separated into different areas due to topography, Hydrographic location, Climatic Conditions and crops grown).
POWER
(Design of power plants provided for under Engineering).
General Map showing location of power plants and their relation to Denver and Northern Colorado to ns as a potential market.
Table showing power produced - Firm and dump from each plant. Discussion of possible markets - including Granby and other pumping plants.
Discussion on need of Standby plants and the synchronizing of these plants with those of the Public Service and Seminoe.
(3)
(4)
(5)
(5)
R4PLACa'KUT(A)
General Map of Colorado River basin shc.wing irrigated and irrigable areas on small scale.
General Map of Colorado River Basin shcwing proposed and constructed transmountain diversions with Imatersheds drained and location of proposed replacement reservoir or reservoirs.
Summary table showing demands on stream flow for irrigation, proposed and actual, and demand on replacement reservoir to supply deficiency caused by transmountain diversiou.
Chart showing operation of replacement reservoir in connection with power plant at Shoshone chart to show stream flow of Colorado at Glenwood Springs.
Chart showing power possiA.lities at replacement reservoir. Table ahowing water supply for replacement reservoir.
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HOUSE BILL NO. 714 BY REPRESENTATIVES SMITH (WELD) , PLUM-MER, JENSEN, GLENN, MINSHALL, WILSON (WELD) , CHARLESWORTH, CONK LI N,
COLEMAN (BOULDER) , R A Y, TAYLOR (PHILLIPS AND SEDGWICK) , GRAHA M, GRIFFITH.
A BILL
FOR
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF WATER
CON-SERVANCY DISTRICTS AND TO DEFINE THE PURPOSES AND
POWERS THEREOF.
4 Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State Of Colorado:
5 I. SHORT TITLE—DECLARATION AND INTERPRETATION
6 SECTION 1. Declaration. It is hereby declared that to provide for 7 the conservation of the water resources of the State of Colorado and for
8 the greatest beneficial use of water within this state, the organization of
9 water conservancy districts and the construction of works as herein defined
10 by such districts are a public use and will:
11 a. Be essentially for the public benefit and advantage of the people
12 of the State of Colorado.
13 b. Indirectly benefit all industries of the state.
14 c. Indirectly benefit the State of Colorado in the increase of its taxable 15 property valuation.
16 d. Directly benefit municipalities by providing adequate supplies of
17 water for domestic use.
18 e. Directly benefit lands to be irrigated from works to be constructed.
19 f. Directly benefit lands now under irrigation by stabilizing the flow
20 of water in streams and by increasing flow and return flow of water to such 21 streams.
22 g. Promote the comfort, safety and welfare of the people of the State
23 of Colorado, and it is therefore declared to be the policy of the State of H. B. No. 714
2 1 Colorado:
2 1. To control, make use of and apply to beneficial use all
unappro-3 priated waters originating in this state to a direct and supplemental use 4 of such waters for domestic, manufacturing, irrigation, power and other
5 beneficial uses.
6 2. To obtain from water originating in Colorado the highest duty for
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domestic uses and irrigation of lands in Colorado within the terms ofinter-8 state compacts.
9 3. To cooperate with the United States under the Federal Reclamation
10 laws now or hereinafter enacted and other agencies of the United States 11 Government for the construction and financing of works in the State of
12 Colorado as herein defined and for the operation and maintenance thereof.
13 4. To promote the greater prosperity and general welfare of the
14 people of the State of Colorado by encouraging the organization of water
15 conservancy districts as provided in this Act.
16 SECTION 2. Definition of Terms. This Act may be known and cited
17 as "Water Conservancy Act"; the districts created hereunder may be
18 termed "Water Conservancy Districts"; and the bonds which may be issued 19 hereunder may be called "Water Conservancy Bonds", and such designation
20 may be engraved or printed on their face. Wherever the term "publication" 21 is used in this Act and no manner specified therefore, it shall be taken to
22 mean once a week for three consecutive weeks in at least one newspaper
23 of general circulation in each county wherein such publication is to be
24 made. It shall not be necessary that publication be made on the same day 25 of the week in each of the three weeks, but not less than fourteen days 26 (excluding the day of the first publication) , shall intervene between the
27 first publication and the last publication, and publication shall be complete
28 on the day of the last publication.
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1 Whenever the term "person" is used in this Act, and not otherwise
2 specified, it shall be taken to mean a person, firm, co-partnership
associa-3 tion or corporation, other than a county, town, city, city and county, or
4 other political subdivisions. Similarly, the words "public corporation" shall
5 be taken to mean counties, city and counties, towns, cities, school districts,
6 irrigation districts, water, districts, park districts, subdistricts, and all
7 governmental agencies, clothed with the power of levying or providing for
8 the levy of general or special taxes or special assessments.
9 Whenever the word "Board" is used in this Act, and not otherwise
10 specified, it shall be taken to mean the Board of Directors of the District. 11 Whenever the term "works" is used in this Act, it shall unless
other-12 wise specified, be held to mean dams, storage reservoirs, compensatory and
13 replacement reservoirs, canals, conduits, pipelines, tunnels, power plants 14 and any and all works, facilities, improvements and property necessary
15 or convenient for the supplying of water for domestic, irrigation, power, 16 milling, manufacturing, mining, metallurgical and any and all other
bene-17 ficial uses.
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Whenever the term "Court" is used in this Act, and not otherwise19 specified, it shall be taken to mean the district court of that judicial district
20 of the State of Colorado wherein the petition for the organization of a 21 water conservancy district shall be filed.
22 Whenever the term "property" is used in this Act, it shall unless
other-23 wise specified, be held to mean real estate and personal property.
24 Whenever the term "land" or "real estate" is used in this Act it shall
25 unless otherwise specified, be held to mean real estate, as the words "real
26 estate" are defined by the laws of the State of Colorado, and shall embrace
27 all railroads, tram-roads, electrical roads, street and interurban railroads, 28 highways, roads, streets, and street improvements, telephone, telegraph,
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I and transmission lines, gas, sewer and water systems, water rights,
pipe-2 lines and rights of way of public service corporations, and all other real
3 property whether held for public or private use.
4 Whenever the term "land" or "property" is used in this Act with
refer-5 ence to benefits, appraisals, assessments, or taxes, public corporations shall
6 as political entities, according to benefits received, be considered as
in-7 cluded in such reference in the same manner as "land" or "property".
8 II. ORGANIZATION OF WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT
9 SECTION 3. Jurisdiction of District Courts.
10 The district court sitting in and for any county in this state or any judge 11 thereof in vacation, is hereby vested with jurisdiction, power and authority
12 when the conditions stated in Section 4 of this Act are found to exist, to
13 establish water conservancy districts which may be entirely within or
14 partly within and partly without the judical district in which said court
15 is located, for conserving, developing and stabilizing supplies of water
16 for domestic, irrigation, power, manufacturing and other beneficia. 1 uses
17 as herein provided; provided, however, that the terms of this Act shall not
18 be construed to confer upon such district court jurisdiction to hear, adjudi-19 cate and settle questions concerning the priority of appropriation of water
20 between districts organized under this Act and ditch companies and other 21 owners of ditches drawing water for irrigation purposes from the same
22 stream or its tributaries, and jurisdiction to hear and determine such
23 questions of law and questions of right growing out of or in any way
in-24 volved or connected therewith, are expressly excluded herefrom and shall 25 be determined in the proper county as otherwise provided by the laws of
26 the State of Colorado.
27 SECTION 4. Petition. Before any water conservancy district shall 28 be established under this Act, a petition shall be filed in the office of the
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51 Clerk of the Court vested with jurisdiction, in a county in which all or parts
2 of the lands embraced in such proposed water conservancy district are
3 situated, signed by not fewer than fifteen hundred (1500) owners of irri-4 gated land situated within the limits of the territory proposed to be
5 organized into a district but not embraced within the incorporated limits
6 of a city or town; and each tract (or tracts) of land shall be listed opposite 7 the name of the signer, each such tract (or tracts) , together with
improve-8 ments thereon, to have an assessed value of not less than Two Thousand
9 ($2,000) Dollars; and be also signed by not fewer than five hundred (500)
10 owners of non-irrigated land and/or lands embraced in the incorporated 11 limits of a city or town, all situated in the proposed district; and each tract
12 (or tracts) of land shall be listed opposite the name of the signer, each
13 such tract (or tracts) , together with improvements thereon, to have an 14 assessed value of not less than One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars.
15 In the event a petitioner shall sign such petition both as owner of irri-16 gated and non-irrigated lands or lands situated within a municipality, his
17 name shall be counted only as an owner of irrigated lands. A signing
peti-19 tioner shall not be permitted, after the filing of the petition, to withdraw
19 his name therefrom.
20 No district shall be formed under this Act unless the assessed valuation 21 of irrigated land, together with improvements thereon, within the proposed
22 district, is not less than Twenty Million ($20,000,000) Dollars and no city,
23 or city and county, having a population of more than 25,000 as determined 24 by the last U. S. Census shall be included within such district unless by and
25 with the written consent of the chief executive officer of such city, or city 26 and county, with the approval of the legislative body of such municipality.
27 The petition shall set forth:
29 First: The proposed name of said district.
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1 Second: That property within the proposed district will be benefitted 2 by the accomplishment of the purposes enumerated in Section 3 of this Act.
3 Third: A general description of the purpose of the contemplated im-4 provement, and of the territory to be included in the proposed district. Said
5 description need not be given by metes and bounds or by legel subdivision,
6 but it shall be sufficient to enable a property owner to ascertain whether
7 his property is within the territory proposed to be organized as a district.
8 Said territory need not be contiguous, provided it is so situated that the
9 organization of a single district of the territory described is calculated to
10 promote one or more of the purposes enumerated in Section 3 of this Act. 11 Fourth: The assessed value of all irrigated land within the boundaries
12 of the proposed district.
13 Fifth: A general designation of divisions of the district and the
num-14 ber of directors of the district proposed for each subdivision.
15 Sixth: Said petition shall pray for the organization of the district by the 16 name proposed.
17 No petition with the requisite signatures shall be declared null and void
18 on account of alleged defects, but the Court may at any time permit the
19 petition to be amended to conform to the facts by correcting any errors in
20 the description of the territory, or in any other particular. However, simi-21 lar petitions or duplicate copies of the same petition for the organization of
22 the same district may be filed and shall together be regarded as one
peti-23 tion. All such petitions filed prior to the hearing on the first petition filed, 21 shall be considered by the Court the same as though filed with the first
25 petition placed on file.
26 In determining whether the requisite number of landowners have
27 signed the petition, the Court shall be governed by the names as they
28 appear upon the tax roll which shall be prima facie evidence of such
ership.
2 SECTION 5. Bond of Petitioners. At the time of filing the petition
3 or at any time subsequent thereto, and prior to the time of hearing on said 4 petition a bond shall be filed, with security approved by the Court, sufficient
5 to pay all expenses connected with the proceedings in case the organization
6 of the district be not effected. If at any time during the proceeding the 7 Court shall be satisfied that the bond first executed is insufficient in amount,
8 it may require the execution of an additional bond within a time to be fixed
9 to be not less than ten days distant, and upon failure of the petitioner to
10 execute the same, the petition shall be dismissed.
11 SECTION 6. Notice of Hearing on Petition. Immediately after the
12 filing of such petition, the Court wherein such petition is filed or a judge 13 thereof in vacation, shall by order fix a place and time, not less than sixty
14 days nor more than ninety days after the petition is filed, for hearing 15 thereon and thereupon the Clerk of said Court shall cause notice by publi-cation to be made of the pendency of the petition and of the time and place
of hearing thereon; the Clerk of said Court shall also forthwith cause a 17
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copy of said notice to be mailed by U. S. registered mail to the Board of
County Commissioners of each of the several counties having territory
20 within the proposed district.
21 The district court in and for the county in which the petition for the
22 organization of a water conservancy district has been filed, shall thereafter
_3 for all purposes of this Act, except as hereinafter otherwise provided,
main-21 tam n and have original and exclusive jurisdiction, co-extensive with the 95 boundaries of said water conservancy district, and of land and other
prop-26 erty proposed to be included in said district or affected by said district 27 without regard to the usual limits of its jurisdiction.
28 No judge of such court wherein such petition is filed shall be
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1 fled to perform any duty impossed by this Act by reason of ownership of 2 property within any water conservancy district or proposed water
conserv-3 ancy district, or by reason of ownership of any property that may be bene-4 fited, taxed or assessed therein.
5 SECTION 7. Protesting Petitions—Hearing on
Petitions—Organiza-tion of Districts.—At any time after the filing of a petiPetitions—Organiza-tion for the
organiza-7 tion of a conservancy district, and not less than thirty days prior to the
8 time fixed by the order of Court for the hearing upon said petition, and not
9 thereafter, a petition may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court 10 wherein the proceeding for the creation of said district is pending, signed 11 by not fewer than one thousand (1,000) owners, or not less than fifteen
12 (thy;) per cent, of the owners, of irrigated lands, whichever thereof is the
13 lower in number, in said proposed district, but not embraced within the
in-14 corporated limits of a city or town, who have not signed the petition for
15 creating such district, the aggregate assessed value of which, together with
16 improvements, is not less than Two Million ($2,000,000) Dollars, and also
17 signed by not fewer than an equal number of owners of non-irrigated lands
18 and/or lands embraced in the incorporated limits of a city or town, all situ-19 ated in the proposed district who have not signed the petition for creating
20 such district, the aggregate assessed value of which, together with improve-21 ments, is not less than One Million ($1,000,000) Dollars, protesting the
crea-22 tion of said district. The signers of said protesting petition shall state
23 therein the land owned by each, and shall also state the value thereof as
24 shown by the last preceding assessment.
25 In the event a petitioner shall sign such petition both as owner of
irri-26 gated and non-irrigated lands or lands situated within a municipality, his
27 name shall be counted only as an owner of irrigated lands.
28 Upon the filing of such protesting petition, it shall be the duty of the
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1 Clerk of the Court forthwith to make as many certified copies thereof,
2 including the signatures thereto, as there are counties in which any part of
3 said proposed district extends, and forthwith to place in the hands of the
County Treasurer of each of such counties one of said certified copies. 5 Thereupon it shall be the duty of each of such County Treasurers to
deter-6 mine from the tax rolls of his county in his hands, and to certify to the 7 said District Court under his official seal, prior to the day fixed for the
8 hearing as aforesaid, the total valuation of the several tracts of land listed
9 in the protest, situated in said proposed district within his county. Upon
10 the day set for the hearing upon the original petition, if it shall appear to 11 the Court from such certificate or certificates, and from such other evidence
12 as may be adduced by any party in interest, that said protesting petition is
13 not signed by the requisite number of owners of lands and of the requisite
14 value as herein set forth, the Court shall thereupon dismiss said protesting
15 petition and shall proceed with the original hearing as in this section
pro-16 vided.
17 If the Court shall find from the evidence that said protesting petition
18 is signed by the requisite number of owners of lands, and of the requisite 19 values, the Court shall forthwith dismiss the original petition praying for
20 the creation of the district. The finding of the Court upon the question of
21 such total valuation, the genuineness of the signatures, and all matters of
22 law and fact incident to such determination shall be final and conclusive 23 on all parties in interest whether appearing or not.
24 Any owner of real property in said proposed district not having indi-25 vidually signed a petition for the organization of a conservancy district,
26 and desiring to object to the organization and incorporation of said district,
27 may, on or before the date set for the cause to be heard, file objections to
28 the organization and incorporation of the district.
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1 Such objections shall be limited to a denial of the statements in the
2 petition and shall be heard by the Court as an advanced case without 3 unnecessary delay.
4 Upon the said hearing, if it shall appear that a petition for the
organi-5 zation of a water conservancy district has been signed and presented, as
6 hereinabove provided, in conformity with this Act, and that the allegations 7 of the petition are true and that no protesting petition has been filed, or if 8 filed has been dismissed as hereinabove provided, the Court shall, by order
9 duly entered of record, adjudicate all questions of jurisdiction, declare the
10 district organized and give it a corporate name, by which in all proceedings 11 it shall thereafter be known, and thereupon the district shall be a political
12 subdivision of the State of Colorado and a body corporate with all the 13 powers of a public or municipal corporation.
14 In such decree the Court shall designate the place where the office or 15 principal place of business of the district shall be located, which shall be
16 within the corporate limits of the district, and which may be changed by 17 order of Court from time to time. The regular meetings of the Board shall
18 be held at such office or place of business, but for cause may be adjourned to 19 any other convenient place. The official records and files of the district
20 shall be kept at the office so established.
21 If the Court finds that no petition has been signed and presented in
22 conformity with this Act, or that the material facts are not as set forth 23 in the petition filed, it shall dismiss said proceedings and adjudge the costs
24 against the signers of the petition in such proportion as it shall deem just 25 and equitable. No appeal or writ of error shall lie from an order dismissing
26 said proceeding; but nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the filing 27 of a subsequent petition or petitions for similar improvements or for a similar
28 water conservancy district, and the right so to renew such proceeding is
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11 1 hereby expressly granted and authorized.
2 If an order be entered establishing the district, such order shall be
3 deemed final and no appeal or writ of error shall lie therefrom, and the 4 entry of such order shall finally and conclusively establish the regular 5 organization of the said district against all persons except the State of
6 Colorado, in an action in the nature of a writ of quo warranto, commenced
7 by the Attorney General within three months after said decree declaring
8 such district organized as herein provided, and not otherwise. The
organiza-9 tion of said district shall not be directly nor collaterally questioned in any
10 suit, action or proceeding except as herein expressly authorized.
11 SECTION 8. Provisions for Filing Decree of Incorporation. Within
12 thirty days after the said district has been declared a corporation by the
13 Court, the Clerk of the Court shall transmit to the Secretary of State and
14 to the County Clerk and Recorder in each of the counties having lands in
15 said district, copies of the findings and the decree of the court incorporating 16 said district. The same shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State
17 in the same manner as articles of incorporation are now required to be
18 filed under the general laws concerning corporations, and copies shall also 19 be filed in the office of the County Clerk and Recorder of each county in
20 which a part of the district may be, where they shall become permanent 21 records; and the Clerk and Recorder in each county shall receive a fee of
22 One ($1.00) Dollar for filing and preserving the same, and the Secretary of
23 State shall receive for filing said copies such fees as now are or hereafter 24 may be provided by law for like services in similar cases.
25 III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS—POWERS AND DUTIES
26 SECTION 9. Appointment of Directors.
27 Within thirty days after entering the decree incorporating said district,
28 the Court shall appoint a Board of Directors of the District consisting of
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1 not more than eleven persons who are residents of the county or counties 2 in which the water conservancy district is situated, all of whom shall be
3 owners of real property in said district.
4 At the expiration of their respective terms of office as fixed by the
5 Court, appointments shall be made by said Court for the term of two years.
6 The Court shall fill all vacancies which may occur on the said Board.
7 Each director shall hold office during the term for which he is appointed
8 and until his successor is duly appointed and has qualified, and shall
9 furnish a corporate surety bond at the expense of the district, in amount 10 and form fixed and approved by the Court, conditioned for the faithful 11 performance of his duties as such director.
12 SECTION 10. Organization of the Board of Directors.
13 Each director before entering upon his official duties shall take and
14 subscribe to an oath before an officer authorized to administer oaths, that
15 he will support the Constitution of the United States and the State of
Colo-16 rado and will honestly, faithfully and impartially perform the duties of
17 his office and that he will not be interested directly or indirectly in any is contract let by said district, which said oath shall be filed in the office of
19 the Clerk of said Court in the original case.
20 Upon taking the oath, the Board shall choose one of their number
21 Chairman of the Board and President of the District, and shall elect some
22 suitable person Secretary of the Board and of the District, who may or
23 may not be a member of the Board. Such Board shall adopt a seal and shall 24 keep in a well-bound book a record of all of its proceedings, minutes of
25 all meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees and all
cor-26 porate acts which shall be open to inspection of all owners of property in
27 the district, as well as to all other interested parties.
28 Each member of the Board shall receive as compensation for his
