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. .. ,t ~. .. Water Project Construction Loan Program. Project Data Borrower: Bijou Irrigation District (BID) County: Morgan & Weld Project Name: Empire Reservoir Project Type: Reservoir Rehabilitation Drainage Basin: South Platte Water Source: So. Platte River Total Project Cost: $740,000 Funding Sources: CWCB, BID Aver. Delivery: 19,900 acre-feet Type of Borrower: Agricultural CWCB STTFPBA Fund Loan: $666,000 Interest Rate: 2.50% Term: 30 years BID is a statutory Irrigation District (1905) and owns and operates Empire Reservoir located west of Fort Morgan in Weld and Morgan Counties. It is an off-stream reservoir primarily impounded by four separate dams constructed in about 1905. Water is diverted from the South Platte River through the Empire Intake Ditch. The water storage rights are 37,709 acre-feet and there is one refill right. The water storage at gage height 30.0 is 36,142 AF. Currently, the reservoir is restricted to a gage height of 29.0 by the SED. The reservoir has a history of seepage problems through the Outlet Dam and the McIntyre Dam, but the East Dam had toe drains installed in the mid -1980's. The SED has concerns about seepage increase and stability due to the additional head from storm runoff, and has required the installation of an emergency spillway. The proposed project will consist of the construction of new unregulated 40' wide spillway and outfall channel with a crest elevation of 30.0. The one-foot increase in storage height will result in 2,682 AF of recovered storage. In addition, the project will include 4,400 linear feet of toe drain located in the Outlet Dam and the Mcintyre Dam. BID is a special taxing district that levies a tax per acre, with an assessment zone currently consisting of 19,177 acres. The existing levy of $10 per acre will be increased to $12 per acre for CWCB loan repayment. Location Map