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<br />- .~ <br /> <br />Town of New CasUe - Colorado River Diversion <br />July 28-29, 2003 <br /> <br />Agenda 118m 21f <br /> <br />Water Project Construction Loan Program-Project Data <br /> <br />- . ".l..-. <br /> <br />Borrower: Town of New Castle <br /> <br />County: Garfield <br />Project Type: New Raw Water Intake/Pipeline <br /> <br />Project Name: Colorado River Diversion <br />Drainage Basin: Colorado River <br />, Total Project Cost: $1,006,900 <br />Type of Borrower: Municipal (High-Income) <br />CWCB Small Project Loan: $700,000 <br /> <br />Water Source: ,Colorado River <br /> <br />Funding Sour.ces: CWCS, waco, New Castle <br />Aver. Delivery: 400 acre-feet <br />Interest Rate: 4.5% Term: 30 years <br /> <br />, , <br />The Town of New Castle is applying for a loan to construct a new diversion structure and pump station <br />on the Colorado River, and a raw water' pipeline to the Town's existing water treatment facility. <br />Currently the Town's sole source of water supply is a diversion structure on.East Elk Creek, about 3 <br />miles north of town. The Town's water supply is vulnerable to downstream senior water calls, as well <br />as' potential water quality problems due to sediment and ash runoff from forest fire' hazard, as was, <br />experienced in 2002., The proposed project is to construct, a small diversion structure on the Colorado <br />River, with gravity flow to a pump station on the south side ofl-70. From there water would be pumped <br />to a sedimentation pond on 'th~ north side of 1-70, and a second pump station would be used to lift the <br />water to the ,treatment plant, an' elevation increase,of about 250 vertical feet. A 12:' PVC waterline, <br />8750 feet in length, would be constructed from the pump station to the treatment plant The general <br />pipeline alignment would be initially along Elk ~k, then following the Town street right-of-way for <br />Midland Avenue, and then along COunty Road 245 to the water treatment plant The system would be <br />designed to pump 1800, gpm, and each pump station would have two pumps plus one back-up pump. <br />The project will provide the Town with ~ reliable alternate water source during times when diversion <br />from East Elk Creek is prohibited by either water rights administration or poor water quality. <br /> <br />-7- <br />~;(}:~i <br />~......;:~. -- <br />., ~ <br /> <br /> <br />Page 70f7 <br /> <br /> <br />Location Map <br />