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Central’s Board of Directors is committed to preserving water for agriculture in Adams, Weld, and Morgan Counties of Colorado.

CCWCD’s Board of Directors began purchasing senior water rights shortly after GMS was formed in 1973. This water fills reservoirs, recharges ponds, and directly supplies the South Platte River. Some of the earliest stock certificates date back to 1980. The District and two Subdistricts have assembled a water portfolio that contains rights in twenty-three different ditch companies.

President of Central Colorado Water Conservancy District.

CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT

Groundwater Management Subdistrict   |   Well Augmentation Subdistrict

Latest Projects

Phot of Hokestra Reservoir

Robert W. Walker Recharge

The Walker Property was purchased in 2016 and is in Weld and Morgan Counties between the towns of Orchard and Wiggins. CCWCD, GMS, & WAS jointly applied for water rights and approval of a plan of augmentation for the Walker Recharge site (Division 1 Water Court Case No. 16CW3202) on December 30, 2016.

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Pioneer Reservoir

Once thoroughly mined, the estimated capacity of the reservoir is 1,800 acre-feet of water with the right to (1) refill. The estimated surface area of the reservoir when full is 39.2 acres. Diversions will come from the Plumb Ditch headgate at 50cfs, the Nissen pump station at 50cfs (owned by GMS), and 20cfs from a warm water tributary to the South Platte River.

Koenig Reservoir

Koenig Reservoir is located near Fort Lupton, CO. In 1999, Hall-Irwin Construction constructed the design-build soil-bentonite slurry cut-off wall, which is 4,850 linear feet long and has a maximum depth of 47 feet.

Board of Directors Calendar

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GMS Committee Meeting

April 9 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

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CCWCD Board Meeting

April 15 @ 10:00 am - 3:30 pm

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WAS Committee

May 2 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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District Committee Meeting

May 6 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

It would take over 80,000-acre feet of consumptive use water, at 100% quota, to meet the demands of well water used each year to irrigate over 800 family farms in Northern Colorado under the Groundwater Management Subdistrict and Well Augmentation Subdistrict of CCWCD.  Historical water allocations have been around 50%. That number can fluctuate slightly yearly, depending on the number of farms served.

To comply with these demands, CCWCD relies on water storage facilities (reservoirs), recharge sites, surface water rights, and water leases.

1st water to Rural Land Recharge

Recharge

Recharge ponds are depressions excavated from the land in strategic and geological significant areas.

Photo of the first water to Rural Land Recharge

Surface Water

Surface water fills reservoirs, recharges ponds, and directly supplies the South Platte River.

A photo of Chatfied Reservoir.

Reservoirs

CCWCD has approximately 20,000 acre feet of water storage capacity in 12 reservoirs throughout the District.

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