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<br />~~:: :, SECWCD <br /> <br />a <br />.~; <br />~ <br />Cl:> <br />~ 998 - Key Highlights of the Southeastern District <br /> <br />Frank Milenski and Bob Tempel Pass Away - The Board and staff of the District recognized the service and <br />honored the passing of two Board members - Bob Tempel (Prowers/Kiowa Counties) and Frank Milenski (Otero <br />County). Both men served the District with distinction. Mr. Tempel was appointed to the Board in 1996. Mr. <br />Milenski was the last remaining Charter Board Member having been appointed in 1958 after the court approved <br />the formation of the District. <br /> <br />Safely of Dam's \Vork at Pueblo Reservoir Begins - The District (through the V.fater Activity Enterprise) ex- <br />ecuted a repayment contract for the local-share of the Safety of Dams repair costs at Pueblo Reservoir. Following <br />that the Bureau of Reclamation contracted with ASI-RCC (a Buena Vista company) for the major portion of the <br />repair work at Pueblo Dam. AS1-RCC's bid came in nearly $4 million under the Bureau's $13 million estimated <br />price for the installation of the RCC (roller compacted concrete) "doorstop" at the base of the spillway section of <br />the dam. <br />Added to the cost of the contractor's RCC placement and finishing work is nearly $11 million in Bureau costs, <br />including: construction management, engineering design and specification work, NEPA compliance and admin- <br />istration, and overhead charges. The Safety of Dams project at Pueblo Dam also includes the sealing of contrac. <br />tion joints, which is estimated to cost $2 to $4 million. The District/Enterprise routinely reviews the SOD repairs <br />costs, and hired an engineer from Black & Veatch to oversee the technical on-site work. Pueblo Reservoir <br />remained under storage restriction throughout 1998 as a safety precaution and is expected to stay under re- <br />stricted-operations status until the RCC is fully installed (scheduled for May 15, 1999). <br />The District/Enterprise adopted a financing plan to pay for the SOD repair costs under the terms of the repay- <br />ment contract. The plan included up-front payments from District reserve funds to avoid interest charges, and the <br />application of an annual surcharge on Project Water and the storage uses of the Fry-Ark Project (see Water <br />Activity Enterprise, page 16, for details of the financing plan and surcharges). <br /> <br />Water Allocation - In 1998 the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project diverted 51,300 acre-feet of water under our water <br />rights on the west slope. This imported water was combined with un allocated Project \Yater already in the <br />system to allow for the allocation of 92,192 acre-feel. This supplemental supply of water serves both municipal <br />and agricultural interests in the District. Ninety-seven percent of that water went to irrigation water users (89,850 <br />acre-feet); the other three percent (2,342 acre-feel) served the municipal demands in the District. The Municipal <br />allocation was reduced in pari because the Fountain Valley Authori!y did not make a request for Project \Yater in <br />1998. Their Project Water needs were provided through an internal agreement from the carryover Project Water <br />in the Colorado Springs Utilities' account. This allows for a modest reduction of carryover storage in Pueblo <br />Reservoir to offset the impacts of the storage restriction. <br />Irrigation users \vere held to a tighter use schedule for their 1998 Project \Vater allocation. In an effort to limit the <br />impacts of the Pueblo Reservoir storage restriction on the Winter \Vater Storage Program, irrigation Project <br />\Vater users were directed to take delivery of 80% of their allocated Project Water before November 1, 1998. <br />The remaining 20% \vas allowed to be carried-over until May t, 1999. <br />The Project Water rate for 1998 was $7.00 per acre-foot based upon the 1998 ability to pay study and the <br />negotiated "willingness to pay" rate established by the Bureau and the District. Rates are subject to change <br />based upon the Bureau's repayment analysis and ability to pay studies. The next review is scheduled to begin in <br />2001. <br /> <br />Winter \Vater Storage Program - The storage restriction on Pueblo Reservoir was still in place as the 1998-99 <br />Winter \Vater Storage Program began November 15, 1998. However, because of late summer deliveries of <br />Project \Vater and a modest reduction in carryover storage, estimates were that there would be approximately <br />30,000 acre-feet of space in Pueblo Reservoir for \Vinter Water storage. As it turned out, with dry conditions in <br />the basin and a reduction in import projections, over 50,000 acre-feet of \vater was stored in Pueblo Reservoir.jS <br />