BOARD00179 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 5/23/2007
• Description: Director's Report - CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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accommodate this potential enlargement, whiJh is still being considered by Parker
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9. Mancos Water Conservancy Distri~t - Canal Rehabilitation
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Authorization: Severance Tax Perpetual Account County: Montezuma
Water Source: West Mancos River : Project Yield: 9,000 acre-feet
Terms of Loan: $5,486,531 @2.80% for 30-years! Project Type: Canal Rehabilitation
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The Mancos Water Conservancy District supplies irrigation and municipal water within
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a 13,496 acre service area. The District's carriage facility is over 50-years old and the
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has recommended ~ehabilitation of the inlet and outlet
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canals. The proposed project is to rehabilitateiinlet and outlet canals to the Jackson
Gulch Reservoir and to replace its operational Jhops and headquarters. The District's
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goal is to have the entire project completed by f014. The District has performed test
sections with various lining materials to assist ih determining the final design package
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for the ditch rehabilitation. Project construction on a small section of canal was
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completed this summer. The District is currently in the process of asking the Federal
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Appropriations Committee for $6,200,000 in grant funds to assist in completing the
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project. Securing this grant is critical for the Di$trict, without the grant funds the District
will not be able to utilize the CWCB loan funds Ito complete the project. If the grant .. ~
funds are secured the overall project is schedul~d for completion in January of 2014.
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10. South Side Irrigation Company - Ditch Rehabilitation
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Authorization: Construction Fund I County: Larimer - Near - Loveland
Water Source: South Platte River I Project Yield: 1,587 acre-feet
Terms of Loan: $72,000 @ 3.10% for 30 yrs. i Project Type: Ditch Rehabilitation

This $80,000 project involves the rehabilitation df a number of hydraulic structures and
various piping along the South Side Ditch. The! overall ditch is approximately 11 miles
long and its headgate is located on the South PI~tte River. The pipe section within the
ditch was originally designed by Landmark Engineering, Loveland, Colorado and was
bid out in November of 2005. Given the high cdsts of the bids received, the designed
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pipe section alternative to control seepage was changed to a liner. A 400-ft section of the
ditch lining project was completed in February df 2005. The Company has a remaining
800-ft section of ditch to line and a number of sJall concrete diversion structures to
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replace. Project completion is scheduled for JUl1 of 2007.

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