C150195 Approval letter

• Contract/PO #: C150195
• Contractor Name: Lower Sacramento Creek Reservoir Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 23
• County: Park
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Approval Letter

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

MEMORANDUM
(Revised March 24, 2005)

Bill Owens
Governor

Russell George
Executive Director

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

FROM:

Kirk Russell, P.E.
Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief
Water Supply Planning and Finance Section

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

DATE:

March 15, 2005

SUBJECT:

Agenda Item 14a, March 22-23, 2005 Board Meeting
Construction Fund/Severance Tax Trust Fund Perpetual Base Acct. New Loans
Lower Sacramento Creek Reservoir Company - Reservoir Rehabilitation Project

Introduction

The Lower Sacramento Creek Reservoir Company (Company) is applying for a loan from the
Construction Fund in the amount of $371,300 for the Lower Sacramento Creek Reservoir Rehabilitation
Project (Project). The Lower Sacramento Creek Reservoir (Reservoir) is located in Park County at an
elevation of 10,100 feet. The Reservoir is used for winter augmentation water storage for several
developments in the Fairplay area. The Reservoir receives water from Sacramento Creek via the Platte
City Placer Mine Ditch. The current Reservoir capacity is 26 AF, however it has a decreed capacity of
37 AF. The clay lining originally installed in 1980 during construction of the Reservoir began to fail soon
after construction and continues to degrade. The inability of the Reservoir to hold water makes it
extremely difficult to use for augmentation purposes. The Project will increase the Reservoir capacity
and install a new PVC liner. The Project is expected to cost $495,072 and be completed in the summer
of 2005. See attached Project Data Sheet.

Backaround

The Company operates the Reservoir in Park County, Colorado, near Fairplay for the benefit of the
seven (7) shareholders by providing augmentation storage space to comply with their various decreed
augmentation plans. The Company exchanges consumptive use water from the diversion structure of
the Guiraud 3T Ditch on the Middle Fork of the South Platte River to the Platte City Placer Mine Ditch
diversion structure on Sacramento Creek. The water is stored from May through September and then
released as required by the various decrees. The Reservoir was constructed within alluvial aggregates
and sealed with a clay liner. In subsequent years the liner has failed and this keeps the Company from

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