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<br />1 <br /> <br />Water Project Construction Loan Program - Project Data <br /> <br />Borrower: Bijou Irrigation Company (Company) County: Morgan & Weld <br /> <br />Project Name: Bijou Canal Diversion Structure Project Type: Rehabilitation <br /> <br />Drainage Basin: South Platte Water Source: So. Platte River <br /> <br />Total Project Cost: $840,000 Funding Sources: CWCS, SIC <br /> <br />Type of Borrower: Agricultural Aver. Delivery: 41,790 acre-feet <br /> <br />cwes STTFPSA Fund Loan: $763,560 <br />(inc/. 1% loan fee) <br /> <br />Interest Rate: 2.25% Term: 30 years <br /> <br />The Company is a Colorado non-profit corporation, providing irrigation water to a 24,000-acre <br />service area in Weld and Morgan Counties, west and south of Fort Morgan. The Company has <br />direct flow rights at the Bijou Canal diversion on the South Platte, and maintains about 90 miles of <br />ditch, Bijou No.2 Reservoir, and some augmentation ponds. Average headgate diversions from all <br />sources are 47,460 AF per year and annual share delivery is 6,920 AF, with 27,870 AF of <br />depletions covered in the Company's well augmentation plan, and 7,000 AF carried for the Putnam <br />Ditch. Its sister entity, Bijou Irrigation District owns and operates Empire Reservoir west of Fort <br />Morgan. Water stored in the reservoir is delivered to users by the Company to supplement the <br />direct flows, typically in July and August. The Company river diversion structure/headgate consists <br />of two components: 1) the ditch intake structure, which consists of a structure with 5 steel radial <br />gates to adjust flows into the Bijou Canal, that is in good condition, and 2) the river diversion <br />structure, used to divert flow into the ditch intake structure, using a radial gate, slide gate and board <br />system to divert flow into the ditch. The diversion structure has suffered extreme damage in times <br />of high flow in the river. This structure can not be operated in a manner to reduce the sand <br />upstream of the intake gates. The sand bar causes excessive amount of sand to be drawn into the <br />canal and hampers diversions into the intake structure. The existing diversion also has a problem <br />with debris, mainly trees getting hung up, and requires continual maintenance. The proposed <br />project would make repairs to the river diversion portion of the structure by constructing a 96 foot <br />long Obermeyer Pneumatic Spillway Gate (Bladder Gate) located immediately adjacent to the river <br />radial gate and the canal intake structure. <br /> <br /> <br />nIl ..! <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Location Map <br />