18a ‎(3)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 3/18/2008
• Description: CF Section - New Project Loans - Loveland Lake and Ditch Company - Loveland Reservoir Inlet Improvements
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
wuu-. c~vcb. state. co. us
TO: Colorado `Dater Conservation Board Members
FROM: Anna Mauss, PE
Mike Serlet, PE, Chief
Water Supply Planning and Finance Section
DATE: March 11, 2008
Bill Ritter, Jr
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
DNR Executive Director
Jennifer L. Gimbel
cwcB Director
Dan McAuliffe
CWCB Deputy Director
SUBJECT: Agenda Item 18a, March 18-19, 2008 Board Meeting
Water Supply Planning and Finance Section - Ne~v Project Loans
Loveland Lake and Ditch Company -Loveland Reservoir Inlet Improvements
Introduction
The Loveland Lake and Ditch Company (Company) is requesting a loan from the C`UCB in the
amount of $105,000 to finance the engineering and construction of the Loveland Reservoir Inlet
Improvements (Project). The loan represents approximately 80% of the estimated total cost of
$135,000 of the Project. The goal of this project is to increase the capacity of the inlet so that when
the reservoir is in priority it can be filled to its decreed amount. See attached Project Data Sheet for
a location map and a project summary.
Background
Loveland Reservoir (Reservoir) is located in Larimer County on the western border of the To`vn of
Berthoud. The Company diverts water from the Big Thompson River just west of the Town of
Loveland, stores the water in the Reservoir, and delivers water through the Company's ditches to a
500-acre service area.
Currently, the Reservoir is filled through an inlet pipe limited to 20 cfs. The Company's first decree
for water appropriated from the Big Thompson River allows it to fill the Reservoir at a rate of 50 cfs.
There are two additional decrees which allow filling the Reservoir at the rate of 250 cfs.
Originally the Reservoir was filled through a ravine from the Handy Ditch south to the Reservoir. In
the early 1970's, the owner of the property through which this ravine ran complained that running
water through the ravine was causing erosion of his property. To settle the complaint, the Company
and property owner agreed to install an 18 inch pipeline from the Handy Ditch into the Reservoir.
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