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<br />~ ., <br /> <br />CWCS Construction Loan Program <br />PROJECT DATA SHEET <br /> <br />Borrower: Orchard Mesa Irrigation District County: Mesa <br /> <br />Project Name: Power Canal Rehabilitation Project Drainage Basin: Colorado River <br /> <br />Project Type: Ditch Rehabilitation Water Source: Colorado River <br /> <br />Total Study Cost: $30,000 Funding Sources: CWCB & District <br /> <br />Grant Amount: 50% of cost up to $15,000 Canal Capacity: 860 cfs <br /> <br />The Orchard Mesa Irrigation District (District) has requested non-reimbursable funding in amount of <br />$15,000 to conduct a Feasibility Study to evaluate the need and possible correction measures <br />necessary for the District's Power Canal. The Power Canal delivers approximately 860 cfs of <br />Colorado River water to the 9,400 acres of irrigated land on the East Orchard Mesa and Orchard <br />Mesa in the Grand Valley. Water is diverted by the Grand Valley Water Users Association at the <br />Roller Dam in the DeBeque Canyon. The Government Highline Canal carries the water to the <br />District's diversion point near the siphon under the Colorado River. The Power Canal has been in <br />place for over 100 years. The canal walls that traverse the canyon above the interstate are <br />deteriorating and need attention. The walls are also too low in some areas to handle the full water <br />right available for wintertime power generation. There have been occasions when ice forms in the <br />winter causing the canal to overtop and flood the interstate creating an ice hazard to motorists. The <br />District hopes to begin repairs in the fall of 2005. This feasibility study has significant potential to <br />result in a loan funded by CWCB. <br /> <br /> <br />_~.:.~ .::.-:_ '" Power Plant! ,pO <br />Pump Station <br /> <br /> <br />LOCATION MAP <br />