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 the formation of GMS in 1973. This water is used to fill reservoirs, recharge ponds and direct supply to 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.
CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT
Groundwater Management Subdistrict | Well Augmentation Subdistrict
Latest Projects
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 filed an application for water rights and for approval of plan of augmentation for the Walker Recharge site (Division 1 Water Court Case No. 16CW3202) on December 30, 2016.
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, Colorado. The design-build soil bentonite slurry cut-off wall was constructed in 1999 by Hall-Irwin Construction. The length of the wall is 4,850 linear feet and has a maximum depth of 47 feet.
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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 from year to year depending on the number of farms being served
To comply with these demands CCWCD relies on water storage facilities (reservoirs), recharge sites, surface water rights, and water leases.
