C150057 Approval Letter

• Contract/PO #: C150057
• Contractor Name: West Rhone Lateral Ditch Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 72
• County: Mesa
• Bill Number: SPL
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Approval Letter

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STATE OF COLORADO

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Colorado Water Conservation Board
Deoartment of N arura! Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

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MEMORANDUM
(Updated November 22, 2000)

Bill Owens
Governor

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

FROM:

John Van Sciver, P.E. -.::Jk)v5
Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief 1M (
Water Supply Planning riM Finance Section.

Dan McAuliffe
Acting Director

DATE: November 9,2000

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 15b., November 20-21, 2000 Board Meeting
The West Rhone Lateral Ditch Company

Introduction
The West Rhone Lateral Ditch Company (WRLDC) is applying for a $100,000 Small Project Loan
to rehabilitate the West Rhone Lateral. The estimated lotal cost of the project is $111,518. Please
see the attached project summary and map.

Backqround .
The WRLDC, located in Mesa County, operates the West Rhone Lateral for the benefit of the
shareholders by providing direct flow irrigation waler to a 1 OS-acre service area. The West Rhone
is a sub-lateral of Laleral 395 off the GVIC Mainline Canal. It is located 10 miles northwest of
Grand Junction. The upper portion of West Rhone Lateral is a concrete ditch approximately 30
years old. It is in poor condition and leaks badly. In addition, the WRLDC has had continuing
problems obtaining its proper water allolment through the Laleral 395 system because of a
complicated "divider box" arrangement The WRLDC needs to rehabilitate the concrete portion of
their lateral, and establish a new headgate on the GVIC mainline. This work needs to be
completed in spring 2001 to allow the WRLDC to access NRCS cost share funds for the project.
Without the NRCS funding the project is not financially feasible for the WRLDC shareholders. The
Company is eligible for a loan from the Small Project Loan Account, since delaying construction
until summer or fall 2001 would result in a hardship on the Borrower.

Feasibilitv Studies
Karen Fogelquist, President of the WRLDC has completed the Feasibilily Study using informalion
provided by Lenny Lang, Louis Hartbauer, and Mark Roskos of the NRCS. Dan Crablree of lhe
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation also provided technical support. The study includes an assessmenl
of alternatives available for rehabilitation of the Wesl Rhone lateral.

The West Rhone Lateral Ditch Companv
The WRLDC is a mutual ditch company and a non-profit corporation regislered in lhe State of
Colorado. There are 14 shareholders and 130 shares of stock. The WRLDC has the power to
sel annual assessments to be paid by the shareholders, the power to cut off water deliveries to