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<br />2.2.4 Bijou Irrigation Company <br /> <br /> <br />The Bijou Irrigation Company has a decreed plan of augmentation <br /> <br /> <br />to operate seven recharge sites. The total area irrigated under the Bijou <br /> <br /> <br />canal is approximately 24,000 acres of whioh only about 2,000 acres are <br /> <br /> <br />irrigated with river water alone. There are about 200 irrigation wells <br /> <br /> <br />within the Bijou Irrigation System, The seven recharge sites are: (3A) <br /> <br /> <br />Bijou Ditch, (3B) Bijou #2 Reservoir, (3C) Bijou Creek, (3D) Weingardt Pond, <br /> <br /> <br />(3E) Chase Lateral Pond, (3F) Kiowa Creek and (3G) Tormohlen, These sites <br /> <br /> <br />are located south of the South Platte River and west of Fort Morgan (Figure <br /> <br /> <br />2). The sites vary in distance from the river from one mile to more than <br /> <br /> <br />six miles. Water is diverted for recharge from the South Platte River <br /> <br /> <br />through the Bijou Canal and releases from Empire Reservoir. Historically <br /> <br /> <br />the Bijou Canal, Bijou #2 Reservoir and Kiowa Creek are the major recharge <br /> <br /> <br />sites in the system. Diversion records indicate that 43 percent of the flow <br /> <br /> <br />in the Bijou Canal is lost due mostly to seepage. Water from the Bijou <br /> <br /> <br />Canal is delivered to the Bijou #2 reservoir. Only when the reservoir level <br /> <br /> <br />is high can water be released to Bijou Creek for augmentation. Most of the <br /> <br /> <br />water in the reservoir is lost to seepage for augmentation purposes. Excess <br /> <br /> <br />water is diverted to Weingardt Pond, Chase Lateral Pond and Tormohlen for <br /> <br /> <br />recharge, These sites are located at the tail of the system and have <br /> <br /> <br />historically received lesser quantities of water for recharge. Total <br /> <br /> <br />diversions for recharge for 1985 were about 16,400 acre-feet. Credit <br /> <br /> <br />received was about 1,330 acre-feet or an overall credit percentage of about <br /> <br /> <br />eight percent. Currently recharge credits ,do not exceed augmentation <br /> <br /> <br />requirements for Bijou. With full implementation of recharge projects, <br /> <br /> <br />exoess credits are to be purchased by GASP. Table 3 summaries the Bijou <br /> <br /> <br />recharge sites. <br /> <br />20 <br />