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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Headgate 396 Lateral Corporation Pipeline Project Introduction \' The Headgate 396 ateral Corporation manages Lateral 396 for the benefit ofthe members as an association of 0 ers of water rights and lands served by the lateral. Irrigation water is diverted II from the Gra Valley Mainline Canal at headgate 396 and delivered to 220 acres. There are(@:) parcels and embers. The shares owned by the members entitles them to 4.3 CFS of irrigation water. The corporation proposes to upgrade their 10,000 feet of ditch to underground pipeline. Project Sponsor Headgate 396 is a non-profit corporation registered in the State of Colorado. The corporation has the power to assess the members for operation, maintenance and administrative costs. The members have entered into a Funding Agreement with the corporation for repayment of the loan that will be used to fmance Project costs. All of the member's water will be carried in the pipeline and the loan repayment will be shared equally. The total member's adjudicated water right is 4.3 cfs. The Corporation's Articles of Incorporation and By-laws are included in the Appendix. Project Service Area and Facilities Irrigated acres within the service are used mostly for the production of food or fiber. A map of the service area and a list of the crop types are in the Appendix. Hydrology and Water rights The source of water for the project are shares purchased from Grand Valley Irrigation Company. The Corporation owns 389 shares that are worth 4.3 cfs. The average growing season is 220 days using approximately 1900 ac.ft per season. Grand Valley Irrigation Company's 1894 water rights are senior on the Colorado River. Project Description and Alternatives NRCS Engineers and Planners have conducted on-site inspections and surveys and have determined that the ditch was in very poor condition. We were told to sign up for the EQIP cost \ share program. We did and were approved. The project was divided in to two phases. ~ 000 Phase 1 was completed in 2005 with NRCS providing ~ '?J-11 $87,087.80 in cost share and each of the 10 members of the corporation contributing $5,000 for ~, the balance of the cost for Phase 1, The benefits of the Phase 1, 3000 feet of pipeline were evident during the irrigation season of 2006 with no seepage losses and the only maintenance being cleaning the trash rack on the new headgate structure, When Phase 2 is complete it will deliver water with out the seepage loss from the 7000 feet of broken concrete ditch it is replacing, Alternatives: 1. No action 2. Individual pipelines