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<br />.. <br />, . <br /> <br />Pine River - Bayfield Ditch Company <br />May 19-20 2003 <br /> <br />Agenda Item 18c <br /> <br />Water Project Construction Loan Program-Project Data <br /> <br />Borrower: Pine River - Bayfield Ditch Co. <br /> <br />Project Name: Beaver Creek Siphon <br /> <br />Drainage Basin: San Juan River <br /> <br />Total Project Cost: $267,000 <br /> <br />Type of Borrower: Agricultural <br /> <br />CWCB Small Project Loan: $200,000 <br /> <br />County: La Plata <br /> <br />Project Type: Rehabilitation/Replacement <br /> <br />Water Source: Pine River Irrigation District - <br />Vallecito Reservoir <br /> <br />Funding Sources: CWCB, NRCS <br /> <br />Aver. Delivery: 8,866 acre-feet <br /> <br />Interest Rate: 2.75% <br /> <br />Term: 30 years <br /> <br />PRBDC provides irrigation water to a 2,596-acre service area in La Plata County, generally south of <br />the Town of Bayfield. The Pine River Bayfield Ditch is a lateral extending off of the Schroder Ditch <br />and is a carrier ditch for shareholders owning Pine River water rights and Pine River Irrigation <br />District water shares (Vallecito Reservoir). Water is used primarily used for livestock pasture <br />(cattle ranching) and hay production. The PRBDC headgate is located east of the Town of Bayfield, <br />above Beaver Creek. The Company maintains approximately 10.5 miles of unlined ditch, with <br />approximately 60-70 headgates. From the headgate, the ditch flows through a concrete flume and <br />into the Beaver Creek siphon, a 32-inch diameter steel pipe siphon, 2300 feet in length, dropping an <br />estimated 100 feet in elevation, as it runs under Beaver Creek. The current siphon was built in <br />1955-1957, with a design life of 30 years, and is in deteriorated condition. The steel has oxidized <br />to the point where the pipe walls have thinned in many places beyond repair. Also, large quantities <br />of iron oxide material scalings. have accumulated at the siphon outlet. With ~vidence of further <br />degeneration, the siphon is now subject to imminent failure, which would entirely close the ditch. <br />The original pipe and ditch are designed to carry 37 cis, but currently capacity is limited to 33 cis. <br />The existing siphon would be replaced by a new 30-inch PVC pipe, designed to carry 37 cis. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Location Map <br /> <br />Page 6 of 6 <br />