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Letter to the Stockholders

 

April 16, 2007

To whom it may concern:

The estimated amount of runs this year is 28. The following is the basis for the estimation.

Stored Winter Water

Meredith             Approximately      3,700 a.f.    @ 200 cfs (400 a.f. per day)          9.5 days

Blue Lake            Approximately    46,000 a.f.    @  200 cfs (400 a.f. per day)        40 days

                                                                           @  300 cfs (600 a.f. per day)        50 days

Project Water    Approximately       8,000 a.f.     @  200 cfs (400 a.f. per day)        20 days

                                                                                                         Total              119.5 days

119.5 days @ average 9 day intervals                                                                  =   13.2 runs

Currently on run 5                                                                                               =     5 runs

Average Rainfall                                                                                                   =     5 runs

Snow melt                                                                                                             =     5 runs 

                                                                                                          Total                28.2 runs

Should Amity not put a call thru upriver until May1, 2007, it is possible that we could gain one and possibly two more runs. Right now this looks very possible. Amity calling through will limit Fort Lyon to our first decree of 165 cfs., as the river is today. There are other upriver exchanges that could also affect our first decree. Either way, at “165”, Winter Stored Water would be used at that point.  Our fifty year average is 36 runs so we are looking at 80% of average / normal.

Sincerely,

 Manny Torrez