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. . . STATE OF COLORADO Colorado Water Conseroation Board Department of Natural Resources 1313 She,rnan Street. Room 721 M E M 0 RAN DUM Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone (303) 866.3441 (Updated February 4, 2000) FAK (303) 866-4474 Q TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members Bill Owens Governor . FROM: John Van Sciver, P.E. Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief Water Supply Planning and Finance Section. Greg E.Walcher Executive Director Peter H. Evans eWeB Director DATE: January 14, 2000 SUBJECT: Agenda Item 13a" January 26-27,2000 Board Meeting Silt Water Conservancy District Dan MeA uliffe Deputy Director --------------------~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction The Silt Water Conservancy District (SWCD) is applying for a $100,000 Small Project loan to rehabilitate the District's diversion structure on the Colorado River. The estimated total cost of the project is $164,400. Please see the attached project summary and map. Backaround The SWCD, located in Garfield County, operates Silt Project facilities for the benefit of the District landowners/shareholders by providing direct flow and storage of irrigation water. The Silt Project includes several principle features: Rifle Gap Dam and Reservoir, Harvey Gap Dam and Reservoir, Grass Valley Canal, Davie Ditch, a pumping plant, a lateral system, and other associated features. The SWCD diversion on the Colorado River consists of a gravel dam. This diversion is damaged annually during spring runoff, and is expensive to maintain. The SWCD wants to replace this diversion with a new permanent structure. The District needs to reconstruct the diversion in early 2000, prior to the irrigation season. The project has been designed, and bid for construction. Delaying the project until fall 2000 could result in an undue hardship on the borrower. Feasibility Studies The SWCD has worked with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Glenwood Springs office, to conduct a feasibility study. The study was completed January 2000 and includes an assessment of alternatives available for rehabilitation of the river diversion. The Silt Water Conservancv District The SWCD was formed and decreed June 3, 1957 under the "Water Conservancy Act" of the Sate of Colorado (C.R.S. 1953, 149-6-1 to 149-6-43). There are 305 landowners and 13,384 acre-feet delivered by the District. The SWCD has the power to set annual assessments and taxes to be paid by District landowners. Assessments and taxes are collected through the Office of the County Treasurer, in the same manner in which property taxes are collected. Unpaid assessments become a tax lien on lands within the District. The SWCD delivers water to a 5,915-acre service area located in the vicinity of the Town of Silt.