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PARTICIPATING INTERESTS IN EXPORT WATER (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2013
Participating Interests In Export Water Tables |
Schedule of remaining third party obligation | From time to time the Company repurchased various portions of the CAA obligations in priority. The Company did not make any CAA acquisitions during the fiscal years ended August 31, 2013 and 2012. As a result of the acquisitions, and due to the sale of Export Water, as detailed in the table below, the remaining potential third party obligation at August 31, 2013, is $3.4 million:
|  | Export Water |  |  | Initial Export |  |  | Total Potential |  |  | Paticipating |  |  |  |
|  | Proceeds |  |  | Water Proceeds |  |  | Third party |  |  | Interests |  |  |  |
|  | Received |  |  | to Pure Cycle |  |  | Obligation |  |  | Liability |  |  | Contingency |
Original balances |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 218,500 |  |  | $ | 31,807,700 |  |  | $ | 11,090,600 |  |  | $ | 20,717,100 |
Activity from inception until August 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisitions |  |  | — |  |  |  | 28,077,500 |  |  |  | (28,077,500 | ) |  |  | (9,790,000 | ) |  |  | (18,287,500 | )
Option payments - Sky Ranch and The Hills at Sky Ranch |  |  | 110,400 |  |  |  | (42,300 | ) |  |  | (68,100 | ) |  |  | (23,800 | ) |  |  | (44,300 | )
Arapahoe County tap fees * |  |  | 533,000 |  |  |  | (373,100 | ) |  |  | (159,900 | ) |  |  | (55,800 | ) |  |  | (104,100 | )
Export Water sale payments |  |  | 111,300 |  |  |  | (77,900 | ) |  |  | (33,400 | ) |  |  | (12,100 | ) |  |  | (21,300 | )
Balance at August 31, 2012 |  |  | 754,700 |  |  |  | 27,802,700 |  |  |  | 3,468,800 |  |  |  | 1,208,900 |  |  |  | 2,259,900 |
Fiscal 2013 activity: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Export Water sale payments |  |  | 158,000 |  |  |  | (110,600 | ) |  |  | (47,400 | ) |  |  | (16,000 | ) |  |  | (31,400 | )
Balance at August 31, 2013 |  | $ | 912,700 |  |  | $ | 27,692,100 |  |  | $ | 3,421,400 |  |  | $ | 1,192,900 |  |  | $ | 2,228,500 |
* The Arapahoe County tap fees are less $34,522 in royalties paid to the Land Board.

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