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LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS AND OPERATING LEASE (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2014
Long-Term Obligations And Operating Lease Tables |
Schedule of remaining third party obligation | 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 February 28, 2014, is $3.4 million:
|  | Export Water Proceeds Received |  |  | Initial Export Water Proceeds to Pure Cycle |  |  | Total Potential Third party Obligation |  |  | Paticipating Interests Liability |  |  | Contingency |
Original balances |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 218,500 |  |  | $ | 31,807,700 |  |  | $ | 11,090,600 |  |  | $ | 20,717,100 |
Activity from inception until August 31, 2013: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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 |  |  | 269,300 |  |  |  | (188,500 | ) |  |  | (80,800 | ) |  |  | (28,100 | ) |  |  | (52,700 | )
Balance at August 31, 2013 |  |  | 912,700 |  |  |  | 27,692,100 |  |  |  | 3,421,400 |  |  |  | 1,192,900 |  |  |  | 2,228,500 |
Fiscal 2014 activity: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Export Water sale payments |  |  | 43,000 |  |  |  | (30,100 | ) |  |  | (12,900 | ) |  |  | (4,500 | ) |  |  | (8,400 | )
Balance at February 28, 2014 |  | $ | 955,700 |  |  | $ | 27,662,000 |  |  | $ | 3,408,500 |  |  | $ | 1,188,400 |  |  | $ | 2,220,100 |
* The Arapahoe County tap fees are less $34,522 in royalties paid to the Land Board.

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