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<br />Water Supply Reserve Account – Grant and Loan Program <br />Water Activity Summary Sheet <br /> <br />Applicant: Amount Requested: <br />Bauer Lake Water Company $87,500 <br />Water Activity Name:Source of Funds: <br /> Bauer Lakes Water Basin Account ($20,000) <br />Company Dam Outlet Structure Upgrade <br />Statewide Account ($67,500) <br />Water Activity Purpose:Matching Funds: <br /> Structural water project Yes, $22,500 <br />County: <br /> Montezuma <br />Drainage Basin: <br /> Mancos <br />Water Source: <br /> Appears to be Chicken Creek which is tributary to Mancos River <br />Water Activity Summary: <br />Description of Applicant <br />Bauer Lake Water Company is a private, shareholder based company. They have 24 members, 87 shares, <br />1532 acre feet in the reservoir, with each share representing 15 acre feet and 227 acre feet buffer. They have <br />an annual assessment of $140 per share for operations, plus loan payments (variable by distance to their <br />location and shares). The company does not have any plans for future growth. Their Articles of <br />Incorporation are dated March 12, 1924. <br /> <br />The Company provides irrigation and stock water to shareholders via ditches and pipeline (as of summer <br />’06). Most (but not all) of the shareholders are also shareholders in Lower Bauer West Lateral, Inc., a <br />separate company formed to own and operate the pipeline that replaced much of the delivery ditch. A third <br />entity, the Bauer Lake Club, is a separate, member based organization using the reservoir for a Fishing Club. <br />Aside from evaporative losses, they do not consume water, but have ownership of shares of the lake. <br /> <br />Overview of the Water Activity <br />The application is to make workable a pipeline from Bauer Lake that was installed for salinity control <br />purposes originally using NRCS funding. NRCS will not fund the required modifications. <br /> <br />This project will accomplish four things: <br /> <br />(A)sleeve the 30” CMP outlet tube so that it can take pressure without risking leakage that could <br />compromise the integrity of the dam (and a prerequisite for (C) below), <br /> <br />(B)screen the headgate structure to prevent trash from blocking flow, <br /> <br />(C)directly connect the outlet structure to the delivery pipeline for control, <br /> <br />(D)add flow measurement ability to the pipeline. <br /> <br />This is a retrofit request to bring the dam headgate / outlet structure up to current requirements and solve our <br />ability to manage and measure flow. There are no water capture/usage issues that require government <br />involvement (e.g. no new water capture and no new storage or usage changes over what is already well <br />established). However, there are control and safety issues with the current structure that make the current <br />situation unacceptable. <br /> <br />? <br /> <br />An unscreened, oversized headgate (30”) can only be opened fractionally to supply the needed <br />water. This means it is very sensitive to minor adjustments and regularly gets clogged by <br />crawdads and trash which restricts the flow. Clearing this obstruction requires frequent cycling of <br />the headgate to flush the debris through the outlet structure and out the overflow. This is a <br />manual operation AND wastes water. <br /> 1 <br /> <br />