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~~ ~~ ~JVater Pro~ect Cons~ruction Loan Program - Projec~ Data Borrower: Bijou Irrigation Company ~Company} County: Morgan & Ulleld Prajec~ Name: B~jou Canal Diversion Structure Drainage Basin: South Plat~e Total Projec~ Cast: $844,000 Type of Borrower: Agricu~tural CVtiICB STTFPBA Fund Loan: $163,560 ~~ncl. 1°/0 loan fee} Project Type: Rehab~li#atian Wa~er Source~ So, Ptatte River Funding Sources: CWCB, B1C Aver. Del'rve~y: 4~,19D acre-feet lnferest Rate: 2.25°/a Term; 30 years The Company is a Colorada non~p~ofi~ corporat~on, p~oviding i~~iga~~on water #o a 24,~OQ-acre se~vice area ~n Weld and Morgan Counties, west and south of Fort Morgan. The Campany has direct flow rights at the Bijou Canal d~version on the South Platte, and maintains about 90 miles of ditch, Btjou No. 2 Reservoir, and some augmentatian ponds. Ave~age headga~e dive~sions from all sources are 47,46Q AF per year and annua! share de~ivery is 6,920 AF, with 2?',870 AF of deplet~ons covered in ~he Company's well augmentation plan, and 1,44~ AF carried f~r ~he Putnarn D~tch. ~~s sister entity, Bijou ~rriga~ion District owns and ope~ates Empire Reservoir west of For~ Ma~gan. Water stored in the reservoir is delivered to users by ~he Company to supplement the d~rect flows, typically in July and August. The Company river diversion structurelheadgate cansists of two components: ~} the di~ch ~ntake struc~ure, wh~ch consists of a structure w~th 5 steel radial gates to adjust flows into the Bijou Canal, tha~ is in good condit~on, and 2~ the river diversion s~ructu~e, used to divert flow into the ditch ~ntake struc~ure, using a radial gate, slide gate and board system ~o divert flow ~nto the ditch. The diversion structure has suffered extreme damage ~n times af high flow in the r~v~r. This structure can not be operated in a mannerto reduce the sand upstream of the intake gates. The sand bar causes excessive amount of sand to be drawn into the canal and hampers diversions into the intake struc~ure. The existing divers~on also has a problem with deb~is, mainly trees ge~ting hung up, and requires continuaj maintenance. The proposed project would make repairs to ~he river diversion portion of the structure by constructing a 96 foot long abermeye~ Pneumatic Spillway Gate ~Bladder Gate} loca~ed immediately ad~acenf to the river radial gate and the canal intake ~tructure. ==,_;E k9 ~...,, ~ r +W-~-t r ..ki .~ ~ ~ ~ a . 1~i ~~ ' ~~p~'~ !~ , ~ e.~~' ~~~ ,~' .~ ~`.,y ° `'~~~~` ° 4.". "° ~~ ~ ° ~ ~ a~ ' ~ ~ ~ ~'.°' r _ _~-...~~c--t . . I _ _ 3~, 14~ ~~~~~ a Loca~~on Nlap