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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8. Platte Valley Irrigation Company....;. ~ew Equalizer Reservoir Project

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PVIC is a Colorado mutual ditch company and non-profit corporation serving
approximately 14,832 acres of irrigated farm lahd in Weld County east of Platteville.
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PVIC diverts water for irrigation from the South Platte River near Fort Lupton and
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shares a jointly owned headgate with Farmers ~eservoir and Irrigation Company
(FRlCO), as well as about 10 miles of the jointly owned Platte Valley Canal. Average
annual diversions are 52,401 acre-feet. PVIC nJeds 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. The reservoir w~ll have a junior water right for storage of
water directed to PVIe's recharge program. In an average year the reservoir is expected
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to store 300 acre feet, with a 300 acre feet refill. IConstruction will consist of a 431 acre-
foot reservoir with a 14 foot high dam embank~ent with 10:1 upstream slopes and 3:1
downstream slopes. The reservoir bottom will be lined using clay from the required
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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,
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modification of the existing bifurcation structur~, and construction of three (3) new
Parshall Flumes in various reaches of the ditch, ;as directed by the Water Court. The
project is being designed by Smith Geotechnical, Fort Collins, Colorado, with
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construction anticipated to commence September of 2007.
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9. Penrose Water District - Water Right~ Purchase and Pipeline Installation
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Authorization: Severance Tax Fund
Water Source: South Platte River
Terms of Loan: $2,388,650@2.25% for 20 yrs.

County: Weld
Project Yield: 52,401 AF
Project Type: Reservoir Construction

Authorization: Severance Tax Fund
Water Source: Arkansas River
Consumptive
Terms of Loan: $8,844,570@3.25% for 30 yrs.
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The PWD currently provides domestic water to 1pproximately 4,000 people with 1,700
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taps in and around the Town of Penrose, with e~isting demand of 489 acre-feet per year.
PWD's water supply is obtained by a lease with the Beaver Park Water, Inc. (BPW) who
owns and operates Brush Hollow Reservoir. Th~ 1990 lease has a 30-year term, and
provides an increasing amount of water each ye~r, 751 AF in 2006, leveling out at 1,000
AF in 2020. In drought years, the amount availa~le to PWD is further reduced below the
contract amount. Future build-out demand in 2040 is projected to be 1,200 acre-feet for
about 8,000 residents and 3,240 taps. The propokd Enterprise project includes the
acquisition of 1O/121h of the Pleasant Valley Ditch! water rights near Howard, with a
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County: Fremont
Project Yield: 339 AF -

Project Type:

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