C150088 Approval letter

• Contract/PO #: C150088
• Contractor Name: Appleton Northwest ‎(ML369)‎ Lateral and Drainage Corporation
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 72
• County: Mesa
• Bill Number: SPL
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Approval Letter

STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Deoartment of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
WWW.cwcb.state.co.us

MEMORANDUM
(Updated January 28, 2002)

Bill Owens
Governor

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

FROM:

John Van Sciver, P.E.
Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief
Water Supply Planning and Finance Section.

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

DATE: January 10,2002

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 5., January 23-24, 2002 Board Meeting
Appleton Northwest (ML 369) Lateral & Drainage Corporation

Introduction
The Appleton Northwest (ML 369) Lateral & Drainage Corporation (ANLDC) is applying for a
$100,000 loan to rehabilitate the Appleton Northwest Lateral. The estimated total cost of the
project is $267.900. Please see the attached project summary and map.

Backqround
The ANLDC, located in Mesa County, operates the Appleton Northwest Lateral for the benefit of
its shareholders by providing delivery of water for irrigation within a 250-acre service area. The
lateral is located about 5 miles northwest of Grand Junction and is a carrier ditch for water from
headgate 369 off the Main Line Grand Valley Canal (GVIC Main Line). The lateral consists of
about 3.2 miles of mostly dirt ditch in poor condition. Concrete portions of the ditch are cracked so
that the ditch leaks significantly, and areas of the system are prone to flooding problems. The
ANLDC plans to rehabilitate the Lateral under the salinity program. An underground pipeline will
replace the existing ditch.

Feasibilitv Studies
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has prOVided a preliminary engineering
evaluation and cost estimate for rehabilitation of the ditch. The feasibility study was completed by
the ANLDC and includes an evaluation of alternatives availabie for rehabiiitation of the iateral.

The Appleton Northwest Lateral & Drainaqe Corporation
The ANLDC is a mutual ditch company and a non-profit corporation registered in the State of
Colorado. There are 28 shareholders and 28 shares of stock. The ANLDC has the power to set
annual assessments to be paid by the shareholders and the power to refuse to deliver water to
shareholders that fail to pay their assessments.

Water RiQhts
The ANLDC owns no water rights. The Appleton Northwest Lateral 'IS a carrier ditch for water
shares out of the GVIC Main Line. Shareholders of the ANLDC own a total of 254 GVIC shares,
equal to a total flow of approximately 2.65 cfs. (One GVIC share is equivalent to 0.4 Colorado
miners inch, or 4.675 gpm.) Total diversions are about 950 acre-feet per year.