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~?! a '. y ~~', ~ f L ~~ 1 ~ater Projec~ Cvnstructi~n Loan Program - Projec~ Data Borrower: Bijou lrrigation Distric~ ~District} Pra~ec# Name: Empire In~ake Cana~ Diversion Sfructure Drainage Basin: Sou~h P~atfe County: Morgan & U~eld Project Type: Rehab~li~at~on Water Source: So. Platte R~ver Total Pro~ect Cost: $72D,0~4 Funding Sou~ces: C1NCB, B~D Type of Borrower: Agricultural Aver. Delivery: 15,90~ acre-feef CVtiJCB STTFPBA Fund Laan: $654,450 lnterest Ra~e: 2.25% Term; 30 years (inc~. ~% Eoan fee} The District is a statutory Irrigation District ~1905} and owns and operates Empire Reservoir located west of Fork Morgan. lt provides irrigation wate~ ~o a 19,1 l7wacre serv~ce area in Morgan County, ~ocated between the reservoir and the City of Fort Mo~gan. En addition to the Reservoir, fhe District owns and operates the diversion structurelheadga~e on fhe South Platte and the ~ese~vair 'rntake and outlet canals, UVater stored in the reservoir is delivered to users ~hrough a sister company, B~jou I~rigation Company. Annua~ District headgate diversions are 50,910 acre-feef, and delivery from the reservoi~ is about ~ 5,944 acre-fieet. The Disfric# diversion struc#urelheadgate consists o~ two components: ~~ ~he ditch intake structure, which cons~sts of a s#ructure with 5 stee~ radiai gates to ad~ust ~lows into the Empire In~ake Canal, which is in good condition, and 2} the r~ver diversion struc#ure, used ~o divert flow into the cana~ intake structure, which is ~n need of significant repa~rs. The diversion strucfure has suffered extreme damage in times of high flovu in the rive~. It currentfy uses a baard system to control water leve~s in the r~ver, and the strucfure has lost its effec~iveness due to ~arge sand bui~d-up on the upstream side. The current structure cannot b~ operated in a manne~ to reduce the sand upstream of the ~ntake ga~es, causing excessive sand ~o be drawn into the intake canal, and hampering diversions into #he in~et. The diversion also has a problem wifh deb~is, mainly trees getfing hung up, and requires continuai maint~nance. The praposed project would make repa~rs ~o the ~~ve~ diversion por~ion of the structure by constructing a 1 ~0 foo~ long gate st~uctu~e and insta~lation ofi an Obermeyer Pneumattc Spi~iway Gate ~Bladder Gate~, located immediately adjacent to the canal intake struc~urer ~, ~ ~ ~'.~-~ ~~ . ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ f ~de 1 ~~ ~ ., . ~' .i ~ ~. ~' . ~~ ~ a 1 ~ ~~~~ ~~~ ~;,~ ~.~..,.,.. ~~~. ~~~k~~~~~~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~,~.~ ~~ 6 ~ ~eR~ p{ry~'}~ ~ ~ S!!!~ ,L i p Ip.}'~~ ..~ .W ~~ ~.~ e._I -zl ~' . •-i - ..~ ,..~. ^ - ^+'~ ,~. ,k ~_ k , § ~^ . Loc~tion Map