![]() Ken Fritzler, president of the Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District’s board of directors, talks water with Darlene Carpio, regional director for U.S. Department of the Interior to make sure there is sufficient water in the Platte River at Grand Island, Neb., for critical whooping crane habitat. One of the VIPs on the tour, former Colorado Agriculture Commissioner Don Ament, represents Colorado in the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program, an ongoing negotiation process with Wyoming, Nebraska, and the U.S. The LSPWCD’s projects serve a dual purpose of increasing the supply of water for downstream irrigation and helping Colorado meet its agreements with other states for water supply. ![]() Recharge is the term used for diverting water from the river for the purpose of allowing it to seep back into the ground and return via underground aquifer to the river for use downstream. ![]() #Ever forward duffel bag series#The largest of the recharge projects, Tamarack includes a series of seven major ponds fed by 16 huge pumps that take water out of the South Platte River when it’s not needed for irrigation. The tour included the Tamarack State Wildlife Area near Crook. The purpose of the tour was to familiarize newer board members and other interested parties with the scope and importance of some of the recharge projects in the district. FEMA funds to repair or replace several such pumps and connecting pipelines in the Tamarack Ranch State Wildlife Area have not been forthcoming.Ībout a dozen members of the Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District’s board of directors and invited VIPs toured portions of the district’s projects and other key water diversion sites in the lower reaches of the river between Crook and Julesburg Wednesday, March 15. ![]() A washed-out pump hangs virtually in mid-air after the ground it was anchored in was washed away during the 2013 flood. ![]()
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