IRRIGATION IN NORTHERN COLORADO. 



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Under an old agreement with B. G. Eaton for carrying water from 

 Worster for certain of his lands under the North Poudre Canal the 

 company secures 160 aqre-feet of stored water from that reservoir. 



Reservoirs of the North Poudre Irrigation Co. 



Reservoir. 



Capac- 

 ity 

 (acre- 

 feet). 



Reservoir. 



Capac- 

 ity 

 (acre- 

 feet). 



No. 1 



445 

 3,880 

 2,870 

 2,795 

 5,740 

 10,215 

 170 

 170 

 4,095 



Tenney 



345 



No. 2 



Mountain Supply No. 2 



150 



No. 3 



Bubble 



225 



No. 4 



Cameron Pass 



815 



No. 5 . . 



HalUgan 



6,428 

 5,510 

 12,C50 



No. 6 



No. 15 





Fossil Creek 



Stuchell . 



Portner 



595 



Coal Creek 











The water rights of the company are shown in the tabulations on 

 pages 14 and 16. The area irrigated in 1916 is shown on Plate XIII. 

 No dependence could be placed in the original appropriation of 

 the canal and the necessity for a more reliable supply accounts for 

 the large number of transferred rights. With the exception of the 

 William Calloway right and the rights of the Brown ditches, these 

 appropriations are owned outright by the company. The former is 

 limited in use to a certain tract and the latter are carried for the use 

 of individuals under a perpetual contract. To permit a better use the 

 transferred rights owned by the company may be stored temporarily 

 in Halligan Eeservoir until a sufficient amount has been accumulated 

 for an economical head for the main canal. 



The system of water delivery under the North Poudre Canal is 

 different from that of any other canal in the valley. At the beginning 

 of the season the superintendent determines the amount of water in 

 storage and estimates the amount in sight on direct appropriations. 

 On this basis an allotment is made which in average years is close 

 to 125,000 cubic feet per share. This water is delivered upon demand 

 at any time during the season and at any rate, subject of course to 

 certain requirements of operation. To discourage extensive growing 

 of crops requiring late irrigation, heavy deductions of credits are 

 made for absorption losses as the season progresses. Water credits 

 remaining on June 1 are reduced by 10 per cent ; those remaining on 

 July 1 are reduced by 25 per cent, and on August 1 a reduction of 50 

 per cent is made. Under this system, if the farmer starts the season 

 with an allotment of 100,000 cubic feet per share and uses no water 

 until August 1, he will then be entitled to only 33,700 cubic feet per 

 share. 



When the farmer wishes to draw water he notifies the ditch rider 

 or the office of the company in Wellington the day before and states 



