Here's a short article about moving agricultural water into municipal use from today's Rocky Mountain News [October 29, 2005, "Developer piecing together water jigsaw puzzle"]. From the article, "Bob Lembke likes puzzles with hundreds of pieces that take years to properly place. That he is at the center of one of the largest water undertakings on the Front Range, one with dozens of legal, financial and political parts, is somehow fitting. In Colorado's water world, Lembke seems out of place, a fast-moving private-sector player in a slow-moving arena dominated by city utility bureaucrats, engineers and attorneys."
More about the Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company from today's Rocky [October 29, 2005, "Family of attorneys keeping water flowing to community"]. From the article, "Now the younger Akolt is gearing up for another heavy dose of legal warfare in the water world, as FRICO and its developer partner, Robert Lembke, prepare to forge a municipal system out of its remaining agricultural supplies in Barr and Milton lakes. The elder Akolt has filed eight cases in Division 1 Water Court in Greeley to win permission to change the use of farm water to municipal use, to claim new storage rights in the sandy gravels that lie below the 70 Ranch and to claim the right to divert from different points on the South Platte River. Such filings are required under Colorado water law. More than 45 entities, including Aurora and the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, are objecting to FRICO and Lembke's plans."
Category: Colorado Water
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