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<br />Orchard City Irrigation District <br />March 16-17, 2004 <br /> <br />Agenda Item 25g <br />(Updated March 18, 2004) <br /> <br />The Orchard City Irriaation District <br />The aCID is a Colorado Irrigation District formed in accordance with CRS 37-41-101. There are <br />403 shareholders ("acre holders"), and 2,730 bonded acres within the District. The OCID has <br />the power to set annual assessments to be paid directly by the shareholders, or collected <br />through the county tax collection process. District shareholders have voted to proceed with the <br />CWCB loan. The District is not subject to TABOR. <br /> <br />Water Riahts of the OCID <br /> <br />Table 1: Water Rights Summary <br /> <br />I Appropriation Date Amount Comment <br />9/28/1907 3,400 AF Fruit Growers Reservoir, first filline <br />1/31/1964 3,960 AF Fruit Growers Reservoir, refill richt <br />2/10/1930 25 CFS Transfer Ditch riQht for first fillinQ <br />5/28/1937 35 CFS Transfer Ditch riaht for second filline <br />1/3.1/1964 20 CFS Gunnison River pump station (not currently used) <br /> <br />Total average annual diversions through the Transfer Ditch are 2,000 acre-feet. <br /> <br />Proiect Description <br /> <br />The following alternatives were evaluated: <br />1. The no-action alternative. <br />2. Rehabilitate only the worst 600 feet of the Dry Creek Transfer Ditch ($83,200.) <br />3. Rehabilitate 920 feet of the Dry Creek Transfer Ditch, and the Circle Ditch HG ($102,457.) <br /> <br />Alternative No. 1 was considered unacceptable since it means the District could not deliver its <br />full water right for storage in the Fruit Growers Reservoir. <br />Alternative No. 2 was ruled out because it was not a permanent solution to the problem. <br />Alternative NO.3 was selected since it is considered to be the least costly reliable approach. <br /> <br />The selected alternative, Alternative No.3, involves rehabilitation of 920 feet of the Transfer <br />Ditch by placing it in a 48" ADS plastic pipeline. Two concrete vault structures will be <br />constructed at corner points, and a concrete transition structure will be constructed to connect <br />to an existing upstream metal pipe. A culvert under the county road will be replaced with the <br />new pipeline, and a 4-foot parshall flume installed into an existing concrete chute structure. The <br />U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will pay for installation of an automatic water level measuring <br />devise adjacent to the parshall flume. The Circle Ditch headgate, located in the dam, will be <br />rehabilitated by installing a stainless steel replacement gate. <br /> <br />The NRCS has completed engineering designs for the project. <br />The project is currently under construction, with completion scheduled for March 2004. <br /> <br />2 <br />