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~ Water Project Constr,uction Loan Program - Project Data Borrower: Platte Valley Irrigation Company County: Weld . Project Name: Platte Valley Reservoir NO.1 Project Type: New Equalizer Reservoir Drainage Basin: South Platte Water Source: Evans Ditch No.2 Total Project Cost: $2,628,600 Funding Sources: CWCB, PVIC Type of Borrower: Agricultural Aver. Delivery: 52,401 acre-feet CWCB Construction Fund Loan: $2,388,650 Interest Rate: 2.25% Term: 20 years (incl. 1 % loan fee) PVIC is a Colorado mutual ditch company and non-profit corporation serving approximately 14,832 acres of irrigated farm land in Weld County east of Platteville. PVIC diverts water for irrigation from the South Platte River near Fort Lupton and shares a jointly owned headgate with Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company (FRICO), as well as about 10 miles of the jointly owned Platte Valley Canal. Flow is divided at a bifurcation structure and PVIC water is carried in the Evans NO.2 Ditch. Average annual diversions are 52,401 acre-feet. PVIC needs an equalizer on the ditch to allow for more efficient management of the water, as well as additional measurement and control structures on their main ditch. They have purchased a 80 acre property to construct a reservoir. PVIC needs to improve the flow measuring capability of various reaches in the ditch, as directed by Water Court, in order to claim recharge credits in their system. The reservoir will have a junior water right for storage of water directed to PVIC's recharge program. In an average year the reservoir is expected to store 300 acre feet, with a 300 acre feet refill. Construction will consist of a . 431 acre-foot reservoir with a 14 foot high dam embankment with 10:1 upstream slopes and 3:1=__ downstream slopes. The reservoir bottom will be lined using clay from the required excavation as necessary to exclude groundwater. The outlet will be a 48 inch RCP, configured to act as the principal spillway. The project also includes relocation of an existing section of Evans NO.2 Ditch below the split from the Platte Valley Canal, modification of the existing bifurcation structure, and construction of three (3) new Parshall Flumes in various reaches of the ditch, as directed by the Water Court. '. : 21 :)'. . ~t . FORT MORGAAI MUSEUM FT. .MORGA~ rutlrgBn Commur College .~ MORGAN ) I Fires! ne Frede. d< scono Location Map .: -./ ;(:;:::. -