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. STATE ~F COLORADO Colorado Water Conseroation Board Department of Natura I Resources 1313 Sherman Street. Room ;-:1 Denver, Colora..:1o d0203 Phon~: :)03) 866-3441 F....XO (303) 8664174 MEMORANDUM (Updated December 2. 1999, and March 23, 2000) Q Bill Owens Governor TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members FROM: . Greg E. Walcher John Van SClver Executive Dlte<tor Mike Serlet, P.E" Chief, Water Supply Planning and Finance Section, ['eter H. Evans ewes Director November 12, 1999 DATE: SUBJECT: Agenda Item 13b, November 22-23, 1999 Board Meeting Jackson Lake Reservoir & Irrigation Company Dan McAuliffe Deputy Director ------...........---......--..-----------...-------------------- Introduction The Jackson Lake Reservoir and Irrigation Company (JLRIC) is applying for a $336,600 loan to rehabilitate the Company's diversion structure on the South Platte River. The estimated total cost of the ;;r:;l.::o;;S $374,OC'J. Pleas" see t~e attach.::~ ;:roject summari ,,'d map, Backaround The JLRIC, located in Morgan and Weld Counties, operates the Jackson Lake Reservoir for the benefit of the shareholders by providing storage of irrigation water. The reservoir is filled through an existing diversion and inlet ditch system, Water deliveries are made through the reservoir outlet ditch to the South Platte River from which shareholders divert into their irrigation ditches. The JLRIC inlet diversion suffered severe damage in 1995 and again in 1999, when the river cut around the south abutment. The JLRIC wants to rehabilitate the diversion, Feasibility Studies The JLRIC retained Jack Odor P.E" of G.A.S,P., to conduct a feasibility study, The study was completed September 1999 and indudes an assessment of altematives available for rehabilitation of the river diversion, The Jackson Lake Reservoir and Irriaation Comoanv The JLRIC is a mutual ditch company and a non-profit corporation registered in the State at Colorado, There are 90 shareholders and 1,550 shares of stock. The JLRIC has the power to set annual assessments to be paid by the shareholders, the power to cut off water deliveries to shareholders that fail to pay their assessments, and the power to offer stock for sale to pay back assessments, The JLRIC delivers water to a 17,000-acre service area located in the vicinity of Fort Morgan. Water Riahts The Company's water rights consist of a 1901 storage decree for 35,629 acre'feet, and a 1929 refill decree for 8,270 acre-feet from the South Platte River. Records of the State Engineer's Office indicate that average annual diversions have been 34,000 acre-feet for years 1988 through 1998.