RESERVOIRS

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Water Storage

Water storage in reservoirs is essential to operating an augmentation plan along the South Platte River. During times of free river, or when our surface rights are in priority, we can fill reservoirs and then release the water back to the river during times of high need.  To that end, Central has constructed numerous reservoirs and gravel pit storage ponds, from as far west as Windsor, east to Fort Morgan, and south as far as Brighton. Of particular pride is Central’s Siebring Reservoir, which is the former gravel pit and is now the world’s first slurry wall-lined storage reservoir.

Constructed in partnership with Hall Irwin Construction, the unique lining made from bentonite clay allows for below-grade storage with minimal groundwater interaction. This same technology is now being used around the world. Central’s gravel pit-lined storage ponds include La Poudre, Koenig, Nissen, JoDee, Bernhardt, and 83rd Avenue.

Image of Bernhardt Reservoir Complex near Milliken.

Bernhardt Reservoir Complex

Decreed Capacity: 618 Acre Feet
Source: St. Vrain
Appropriation Date: 11/19/2002
Owned by: CCWCD/GMS

Image of Bernhardt Reservoir Complex near Milliken.

Chatfield Reservoir

Decreed Capacity: 5,274 Acre Feet
Source: South Platte River
Appropriation Date: 1983, 2015
Owned by: GMS

An Image of Hokestra Reservoir in south west Weld County.

Hokestra Reservoir

Decreed Capacity: 739 Acre Feet
Source: Boulder Creek via Rural Ditch
Appropriation Date: 2017
Owned by: GMS

Image of Geisert Reservoir north Greeley.

Geisert Reservoir

Decreed Capacity: 1,257 Acre Feet
Source: Cache la Poudre River
Appropriation Date: 2012
Owned by: CCWCD

Image of JoDee Reservoir near Windsor, Colorado.

JoDee Reservoir

Decreed Capacity: 261 Acre Feet
Source: Cache la Poudre River
Appropriation Date: 1992
Owned by: CCWCD

Image of Geisert Reservoir north Greeley.

Koenig Reservoir

Decreed Capacity: 650 Acre Feet
Source: Boulder Creek through Rural Ditch
Appropriation Date: 1992
Owned by: GMS

Image of Geisert Reservoir north Greeley.

La Poudre Reservoir

Decreed Capacity: 782 Acre Feet
Source: Cache la Poudre River
Appropriation Date: 1994
Owned by: CCWCD

Image of Nissan Reservoir east of Greeley.

Nissen Reservoir

Decreed Capacity: 1.043 Acre Feet
Source: South Platte River
Appropriation Date: 2002
Owned by: GMS

Image of Pioneer Reservoir north of Kersey, Colorado.

Pioneer Reservoir

Decreed Capacity: 1,800 Acre Feet
Source: South Platte River via Plumb Ditch
Appropriation Date: 2019
Owned by: GMS

Image of Finn Valley Reservoir Complex east of Longmont.

Rinn Valley Reservoir Complex

Decreed Capacity: 2,586 Acre Feet
Source: St. Vrain via Rural Ditch
Appropriation Date: 2005, 2016
Owned by: CCWCD

Image of Siebring Reservoir west of Greeley.

Siebring Reservoir Complex

Decreed Capacity: 1,325 Acre Feet
Source: Cache la Poudre via Jones Ditch
Appropriation Date: 1988, 1992
Owned by: CCWCD

An image of the 83rd Avenue reservoir with the Poudre Learning Center.

83rd Avenue

Decreed Capacity: 164 Acre Feet
Source: Cache la Poudre via Jones Ditch
Appropriation Date: 1994
Owned by: GMS