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<br />.# <br /> <br />..... ,'. I. .~.~. ..... <br />........... '. . <br /> <br />-~ <br /> <br />Town of New Castle - Colorado RIver DIversion <br />July 28-29, 2003 <br /> <br />Agenda Item 211 <br /> <br />Wate~ Project Construction Loan Program-Project Data <br /> <br />- . . ',,~ <br />. ~+~ . <br /> <br />Borrower: Town of New Castle <br /> <br />County: Garfield <br />Project Type: New Raw Water Intake/Pipellne <br />Water Source: - Colorado River <br /> <br />Project Name: Colorado River Diversion <br />Drainage Basin: ColoradoRiver <br />. Total Project Cost: $1,006,900 <br />Type of Borrower: Municipal (High-Income) <br />CWCB Small Project Loan: $700,000 <br /> <br />Funding ~ources: ewcs, WQCO, New Castle <br />Aver. pellvery: 400 acre-feet <br />Interest Rate: 4.5% Term: 30 years <br /> <br />- . <br />The Town of NewCastle- is applying for a loan ~o 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 fa~lity. <br />Currently the Town's sole sour<:e 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 s~all diversion structure on the Colorado <br />. River, with gravity flow to a pump station on the south side of 1-70. From there water would be pumped <br />to a sedlnlentation 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 1 Z' PVC waterline, <br />8750 feet in length, would be constructed from the pump station to the ~tment plant The general p;:I~ <br />pipeline alignment would- be initially along Elk ~k, then following the Town street right-of~ for '-.,.", <br />Midland Avenue, and then along COunty Road 245 to the water treatrhent plant. The system would be <br />designed to pump t800- 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 sou~ during times when diversion <br />from East Elk Creek is prohibited by either water rights admlnl~tration or poor water quality. <br /> <br /> <br />Page 70f7 <br /> <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Location Map <br />