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<br />Projects Description and Alternatives <br /> <br />Project One: <br /> <br />BOEDECKER LEAK <br /> <br />The purpose of this project is to reduce the water loss in this approximately 6oo-foot section of ditch. <br />Repairing these leaks will provide the South Side Ditch users an increased water supply. <br /> <br />Two alternatives were considered: <br /> <br />1. Continue to run the system ignoring the water loss in this section. <br />2. Line the ditch to reduce this loss of water. <br /> <br />Alternative number one: The South Side Ditch Company is loosing an estimated 3 cfs to 5 cfs in this 600 <br />foot section of ditch. <br /> <br />Alternative number two: Line the ditch to reduce the leaks and seep in this section of ditch. The project <br />would involve lining the ditch on the bottom and sides with a 24" clay lining. Polyacrylamide (PAM), a <br />canal sealing product, will be applied during clay lining operations on approximately 6" to 10" lifts. <br /> <br />Alternative number two: Feasibility Study on Project One includes lining a section of ditch that is <br />approximately 620 feet in length with approximately 900 cubic yards of clay soils. <br /> <br />Scope of work includes removing the vegetation on the existing ditch banks where the new clay <br />embankment material will be placed. Excavate the existing soil materials on the bottom and the side slopes <br />of the ditch to allow for the placement of 24 inches of clay. Loading-hauling and placing of the clay <br />material at the depth of 24 inches. Provide grade control for the invert of the reconstructed ditch section. <br />Cleanup, which includes reshaping of the exiting ditch road to allow for vehicle traffic and adequate <br />freeboard as, required. <br /> <br />The existing vegetation that is removed shall be placed on the downhill toe of the ditch roadway <br />embankment and the excess soil material that is excavated shall be placed on the downhill slope and on the <br />crest of the ditch roadway where additional freeboard is required. Feasibility Study is based on obtaining <br />acceptable clay materials from the South Side Reservoir at no cost. Estimate includes loading transporting <br />and placement of borrow materials. Clay materials shall be tested prior to use to assure acceptable <br />parameters for use as a liner material. <br /> <br />The South Side Ditch Company has developed the preliminary cost estimate for this project. The cost <br />breakdown is summarized in Table l. <br /> <br />Table l. Boedecker Leak: Project One <br /> <br />Project Cost <br />Number of shareholders <br />Estimated water loss 1080 acft @ $5,000 per acft <br />Repair cost per acft (without CWCB loan costs) <br />Reoair cost per share (without CWCB loan costs) <br /> <br />$20,250 <br />90 <br />$5,400,000 <br />$4.07 <br />$76.41 <br /> <br />Page 8 <br /> <br />South Side Ditch Company <br />Feasibility Study <br />2003 <br />