Irrigation in northern Colorado

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...further interest was obtained by an exchange arrangement with individuals under the Jackson Ditch whose farms lie partly above the ditch. Contracts covering this exchange arrangement provide that the Water Supply & Storage Co. acquires a definite amount of stock of the Jackson Ditch, and the water secured on it is tailed into Long Pond. In exchange the individual acquires the right to an equal amount of water, less a small per cent for loss, from the Larimer County Canal throughout the season for his high land. The Water Supply re& Storage Co. benefits by the arrangement because it receives the Jackson water throughout the season constantly, while the demand on the Larimer County Canal is intermittent. Three of the reservoirs of the company, Chambers, Lost, and Laramie Lakes, with an aggregate capacity of approximately 7,000 acrefeet, are located at the head of the Cache la Poudre and in addition to storing water of the Cache la Poudre may be used to hold up foreign water brought over from other sheds. Of the lower reservoirs Black Hollow, with a capacity of 5,760 acre-feet, is on the line of the canal about 25 miles from the tail of the ditch. Owing to its position this reservoir does away with the usual operation troubles at the lower end of long canals. The remaining reservoirs of the system are supplied by the Larimer County Canal, and the water stored in them may be used only by exchange. These reservoirs are listed below, with their capacities: Capacity in Reservoir: acre-fcet. Curtis Lake 780 Rocky Ridge Reservoir 4, 730 Kluver Lake S15 Reservoir No. 4 987 Long Pond 4,017 Lindenmeier Lake 918 Richards Lake 1,056 The water rights of the company in the Cache la Poudre are listed on pages 14 and 16. The company also has decrees for appropriation...