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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />CWCB Loan Application <br /> <br />ADDENDUM # 1 <br /> <br />PART A - NUMBER 4 <br /> <br />Proiect Service Area and Facilities <br /> <br />The District serves a mesa on the south side of the Colorado River in the Grand Valley, <br />Mesa County, known as Orchard Mesa. The area is approximately seventeen miles long <br />and one to three miles wide and covers 9200 acres from east of the Town of Palisade to <br />the confluence of the Gunnison and Colorado Rivers. An area known as "the Vineland's" <br />is also under District water east of Palisade. Facilities include the Colorado River Siphon <br />in Debeque Canyon, a power canal, pump house and two pump stations, two irrigation <br />canals and one pressurized pipeline. A map of the District's service area is included in <br />Addendum #2. <br /> <br />Operational & Maintenance Problems <br /> <br />The District's facilities are over 80 years old and are simply wearing out. With 18 <br />siphons reaching the end of their working life span, the District is simply unable to pay <br />for repairs or rebuilding on a cash basis. We have, in the past three years completely <br />replaced two siphons on the system out of cash on hand, however, we are now in the <br />position that we must finance the replacement of Stokes Gulch Siphon rather than take <br />our cash reserves to virtually nothing. If Stokes Gulch fails, the entire system will be <br />without irrigation water. <br /> <br />PARTB-NUMBER5 <br /> <br />Description of the Proiect <br /> <br />The Orchard Mesa Irrigation District operates the system for the benefit of landowners on <br />the south side of the Colorado River by providing direct flow irrigation water on a <br />demand basis. The District receives diverted water from the Grand Valley Water Users <br />Association at the Roller Dam located in Debeque Canyon and water deliveries begin at <br />the Colorado River Siphon 3 miles downstream from the dam through the Power Canal. <br />The Stokes Gulch Siphon is an important part of the Power Canal, built in 1920. It is <br />rapidly deteriorating, leaking badly and has exposed rebar that is separating. The District <br />wishes to replace this siphon. The water provided serves a heavily agricultural area in the <br />upper half of the system and a rapidly urbanizing area in the west end of the system. <br /> <br />