RGDSS_Task4_TerraceIrrigCo_Interview

Home Browse Search

RGDSS Memorandum Final TO: Ray Bennett FROM: Ed Armbruster, Hydrosphere SUBJECT: RGDSS Surface Water, Task 4.7 -Terrace Irrigation Company Interview DATE: June 18, 1999 CC: Randy Seaholm Introduction This memorandum represents partial delivery (1 of 12 interviews) associated with Task 4.7, Ditch Operator Interviews /Prepare Summary Memoranda. The objective of this task is as follows: Meet with large and/or critical ditch companies in the San Luis Talley to discuss their facilities and operations. On May 27, 1999, an interview was conducted with Mr. Ron Reinhardt, President of the Terrace Irrigation Company. The purpose of this interview was to develop a better understanding of Company facilities and operations such that this information could be reflected in surface water modeling efforts associated with the Rio Grande Decision Support System (RGDSS). The following discussion summarizes information developed during this interview. Company Structure and Organization The Terrace Irrigation Company is an incorporated, not-for-profit company. The Company was originally incorporated in 1941 after the Terrace Irrigation District was dissolved. The Terrace Irrigation District, which was formed in 1911, was a tax entity funded through a mill levy with defined boundaries within which irrigation water would be supplied. Terrace Irrigation Company 835 1st Avenue Monte Vista, CO 81144 Telephone: 719-852-5194 Board of Directors Ron Reinhardt Don Grett Brian Christensen President: Ron Reinhardt Secretary: Don Grett Superintendent: Lewis Herredia Assets of the Company include numerous decreed water rights, Terrace Reservoir, Terrace Main Canal, Alamosa Creek Canal and associated diversion and water delivery facilities. C:Acdss\Terrace.doc Terrace Irrigation Company Interview June 18, 1999 -Page 1 of 6