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Water Project Construction Loan Program -Project Data <br />Borrower: Bijou Irrigation District (District) County: Morgan & Weld <br />Project Name: Empire Res. East Embankment Project Type: Reservoir Rehabilitation <br />Dam Repair <br />Drainage Basin: South Platte <br />Total Project Cost: $2,650,000 <br />Type of Borrower: Agricultural <br />CWCB Loan: $2,408,850 <br />Water Sow•ce: So. Platte River <br />Funding Sources: CWCB, District <br />Aver. Delivery: 19,900 acre-feet <br />Interest Rate: 2.25% Term: 30 years <br />The District is a statutory Irrigation District (1905) and owns and operates Empire Reservoir located <br />west of Fort Morgan in Weld and Morgan Counties. It is an off-stream reservoir primarily <br />impounded by four separate dams constructed in about 1905. Water is diverted from the South <br />Platte River through the Empire Intake Ditch. The water storage rights are 37,709 acre-feet and <br />there is one refill right. The water storage at gage height (GH) 30.0 is 36,142 AF. The reservoir has <br />been re-restricted to a GH 29.0 by the SEO due to wind erosion problems along the east <br />embankment. The proposed project consists of repairing failed sections of parapet walls, removing <br />trees along the upstream toe of the dam, and adding additional riprap slope stabilization. This will <br />allow the reservoir to be filled to its full gage height. The one-foot increase in storage height will <br />result in 2,682 AF of recovered storage. The District is a special taxing district that levies a tax per <br />acre, with an assessment zone currently consisting of 19,177 acres. The existing levy of $18 per acre <br />has been increased to $46.58 per acre for the CWCB loan repayment and to cover additional <br />maintenance. <br />Location Map <br />