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Council approves intergovernmental agreement with Louisville to swap water deliveries tied to Marshall decree
Summary
Council approved a five‑year IGA with the City of Louisville to exchange fully consumable water deliveries to help meet stream‑augmentation requirements created by Broomfield’s Marshall decree and Sienna Reservoir operations; the agreement limits transfers and sets a modest reconciliation payment.
Broomfield City and County Council approved a resolution authorizing an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the City of Louisville to exchange consumable water deliveries that help both jurisdictions meet legal augmentation obligations tied to water‑rights changes.
Background and purpose Water Utilities Director Ken Rutt and Water Resources Superintendent Mark Lohrey explained the agreement as a settlement‑anchored arrangement arising from Broomfield’s recent Marshall shares change case, which converted 157 Marshall ditch shares to municipal uses under a water‑court decree. The decree requires Broomfield to make replacement releases to an unnamed tributary of Coal Creek (downstream of Sienna Reservoir) to avoid injuring other water‑rights holders; Louisville, an opposer in the Marshall case, raised concerns about year‑round delivery capability and whether a series of landscaped/amenity ponds in the Anthem area (the ‘‘Anthem Ponds’’) were properly decreed under state water law.
Under the IGA, Louisville will, as needed, supply water from its wastewater treatment…
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