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<br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sh...rman Stn>el, Room 721 <br />Denver. Coloroldo 8020.3 <br />Phone: (303)866-344i <br />FAX: (3OJ) 866-4474 <br />w....w.CWCb.st.lll'.cO.I,l$ <br /> <br /> <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />GregE.Wakher <br />E..ecutive DIrector <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />Rod Kuharich <br />eWeB Dltt'Ctor <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Bruce Johnson, P.E. <br />Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief <br />Water Supply Planning and Finance Section <br /> <br />Dan McAulifie <br />Dt'putyDirl."Ctor <br /> <br />DATE: August 3D, 2002 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 12e, September 11-12, 2002 Board Meeting <br />Water Supply Planning and Finance Section - New Loans <br />Loma Ditch and Lateral Company - Ditch Rehabilitation <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The Lorna Ditch and Lateral Company (LDLC) is applying for a $250,235 Small Project Loan from the <br />Construction Fund to rehabilitate their existing open concrete ditch by placing it in an underground <br />pipe. The estimated total cost of the project is $278,041. This project is a continuation of an earlier <br />project begun in 2000 which placed approximately half of the existing ditch in underground pipe. <br />Please see the attaChed project summary and map. <br /> <br />BackQround <br /> <br />The LDLC is located in Mesa County near the community of Lama, approximately 15 miles <br />northwest of Grand Junction. It operates for the benefit of its shareholders by delivering water for <br />irrigation within an BOO-acre service area. The ditch is a carrier ditch for irrigation water from head <br />gate 345 of the KeIffer Extension of the Grand Valley Irrigation Company (GVIC). It extends <br />approximately 3.2 miles from the GVIC head gate to the end of the ditcMateral. The upper portion <br />of the latera! (1.7 miles) has been con\'erted from open concrete ditch to underground pipe in two <br />phases beginning in 2000 and completed in Spring 2002. The previous project was paid for by a <br />combination of Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) funds and shareholder special <br />assessments. The remaining portion of the ditch (1.5 miles), being addressed by this a;Jplication, <br />reli:ains in open concrete ditch and is in badly deterioratec condition. Portions of the existing open <br />concrete ditcn are cracked and broken to the point of leaking, seeping, and occasionally flooding in <br /> <br />Flood Protl"(:lOn. \\J:..r Supply PIJnrunf and Fuuncl'. Stream and L1kt' rrotl"(lI~>n <br />Walt'r Supply Prolt!'Clion. Cons.>rvatton and Drought Plannmg <br />