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LHDC System OverviewLast update: 1/23/2025Reservoirs: 5

Lake Isabelle&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 550 AF

Left Hand Park&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1,500 AF<o:p></o:p>

Gold Lake&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 454 AF<o:p></o:p>

Allen’s&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 704 AF<o:p></o:p>

LHV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1,624 AF<o:p></o:p>

Plus CBT from Carter
Lake

Total when full&nbsp;&nbsp; 4,831
AF

Terms &amp; General
Information:

CFS = Cubic feet per
second (Measures moving water)

AF = Acre Feet
(Measures standing water)

1 CFS = 1.983 AF (or
2:1 for conversation purposes)

LHDC has 16,800 Shares
of Stock

LHDC Yield is
determined on November 1st. based on what actually came down the mountain.

LHDC is only
responsible to put the water into the ditch. Once the water passes the Parshall
Flume we lose&nbsp;ALL&nbsp;responsibility and authority. You must talk
with your ditch rider or the other irrigators for any problems.

Free, Charge &amp;
Direct Run Water:

We have three sources
of water in which to fill your order and they are as follows:

“Free Water”:&nbsp;The criterion for
receiving free water is as follows:

(1) There must be more
water in the creek than is required by the orders.

(2) The reservoirs must
be full. (This is a bit subjective).

<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“Charge Water”:&nbsp;We automatically go on
charge water when the criterion for free water is not met.

<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“Direct Run”:&nbsp;Direct run is a source
of water that will be used when there is a “Call on the river”, indicating we
cannot store water, yet we have it in the creek and we can use it as long as we
don’t store it.

Re-allocation of
inactive shares

If you do NOT begin
using your water before August 1st&nbsp;then the board reserves the right to
reallocate 80% of your water (not your shares) to active shareholders.

This means that 80% of
your water will be taken out of your account and divided out between the active
users.

The board assumes if
you have NOT used any water prior to Aug 1st&nbsp;then you won’t be
using it this season and therefore it is re-allocated to the active users.

The rule of thumb is to
keep the water as high as possible for as long as possible.

Therefore, depending on
where your farm is determines where your water will come from.

Example: The Williamson ditch is the last ditch heading
East, at 63st. They are also the lowest elevation ditch. Therefore,
they can receive water from all five reservoirs. All of our water is above
them.

<o:p>&nbsp;			</o:p>Remember,
this is a gravity fed system and water only flows downhill.

<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Haldi Ditch and the
Lake ditch are at the top of the system and therefore, they can only receive
water from the upper system.&nbsp; They are
above Allen’s Lake and LHV so they can’t get water from the lower system.

The Toll Gates,
Crocker, Crocker 2, Table Mt, Bader, Cro-John are below Allen’s Lake but above
LHV. They can receive water from the upper system and Allen’s Lake but not LHV.

The Golf Course, Hinman
(New &amp; Old), Star (New &amp; Old), Bush, Holland and Williamson ditch are
all below LHV so they can receive water from both the Upper and Lower system.

We are only responsible
to put water into the ditch’s main headgate, after that it’s up to you and/or
your ditch rider to deliver the water to your headgate. We lose all authority
and responsibility once the water passes through the Parshall flume.

I am not authorized to
come down your ditch to your property to assist you with a problem.

During drought
conditions I am required to tighten up the water, which means you have to pay
for the shrink. Normally we pay it for you, but not when we are short of water.Example: If you order 2 CFS and your headgate is
several miles from my headgate, you will lose most of your water due to shrink.
Evaporation, seepage, someone upstream left a headgate open or it leaks will
account for your loss. You must walk up the ditch and check out where the
problem is. I cannot replenish your account.

That’s why the front
page of the website will tell you not to run alone. If you have a large order
than go ahead, but if you order small amounts, I may not fill the order if I
don’t think you will get it.

If you order small
amounts you need to run with other people that are down stream of you so you
all can split the shrink.<o:p></o:p>