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1JUater Proje~~t Construction Lo~n Pr~grarn - Pro~e~t Data Borrower: Greeley i~rigation Company County: Weld P~o~ec~ Name: GreeEey Canal No. 3 Pro~ec~ Type~ D~tch RehabEli~ation Drainage Basin: South Pla~te Water Source: Cache La Poud~e River Tota~ Pro~ect Cost: $2,457,50~ Funding Sources: CWCB, G~C Type of Borrower: AgriculturallMun~c~pal Aver. Delive~y: ~ 8,~00 acre-fe~t CINC~ Construc~ion Fund Loan: $~,233,8G7 In#e~es~ Ra~e: 2.85% Te~m: 3~ years ~incl. ~% loan fee7 G1C prov~des irriga#ion water to a serv~ce area of 2,367 acres in Weld County, genera~ly within ~he City o~ Greeley and east of the Cify. GfC operates the Greeley Canal No. 3, constructed in 1870 by the Un~on Colony. !n 1875, the Union Colony deeded an undivided 31Sths interest in the Canal to the then Town of ~reeley. In ~ 882, ~he GIC was incorpo~ated and the Union Colony quit-c~aimed its remaining 518ths interest in the Canal to GIC. About ~,100 acres of the 3,500 originaf ~rrigated acres have been subject to dry-up, and uvater converked to augmentation use. Present canal usage is ~aughiy 'l13 Cify of G~eeley, 113 ag~iculfurai irrigation, and ~l3 augmentation. GIC faci~~ties cons~s~ of a river diversion structure, app~aximateiy ~3 miles of earthen canal, check structures, delivery headgates, spil! structures, trash screens, and o~her minor structures. A portion of ~hese ~aci~i~ies are in need of repair, upgrades, or replacement. GIC diverts water from the Cache ia Poudre River wes~ of Gr~eley and the canai terminates east of approx. ~2 mi~es d~wnstream. Average annual headgate d~versions a~e ~ 8,678 acre~fee~. GIC alsa receives about ~ 3Q~-1400 acre feet annually frorn Fossil Creek Reservoir. Combined delivery ~rom d~rect ~low diversions and sto~age is about 18,D0~ AF. The GIC Boa~d is under~aking a number of phased improvements to the canal inc~~ding: 1~ repairs to, and partial replacement of, the r~verdiversion; 2} piping or ~ining of portions of the canal; 3} consideration of canal automation using supe~v~sory can#rol and data acquisition ~SCADA} equ~pment; 4~ tree removai and tree pruning; 5~ cana! realignment, reshaping, and straighfening; and 6~ removai or repai~ of selected headga~es and instafiat~on of new headgates. This ~s the first step of a phased canal modern~z~tion, that would have the effect of imp~oving overal~ canal opera~ions and operafiona! efficiency; increasing consistencyof shareholderheadgate deliveries; decreasing operat~onal ~~abilities; and reduc~ng un~ecessary operational spills. ~ ~~ ~~~i ~~~~ ! ~, ~ :- , ~~ ~ ~g~ ~ ~ ~ ~~k i ~°~~ I 4 ~ ~~~ ? ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ $ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ , ~~ ~ ~ 1...~~~~~~~~~~ ~`~~:~~~ ~~-. _-- ~ R - u~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~. ~ - _~ * ~, ~ ~~ ~p ~ _ ~~~ ~ .~ r ~ ~.y _ ~ ~J ~ ~,,.~... ~ 'y;," a-~ , ~ ~~, ~ - ~ :'° ~ ~1 " °~- ~ L~ ~a ~~ ~ ~R ~~ f~~~~ ~ a I I ~ ~` ~