PROJC01804 ‎(3)‎

• Contract/PO #: C150138
• Contractor Name: Supply Irrigating Ditch Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 0
• County: Boulder
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Approval Letter

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Supply Irrigating Ditch Co.
March 24-26, 2003.

Agenda Item 24e
(Updated March 28, 2003)

Water Project Construction Loan Program-Project Data

Borrower: Supply Irrigating Ditch Company

County: Boulder

Project Name: Knoth Reservoir Dam Project Type: Rehabilitation and Enlargement

Drainage Basin: South Platte Water Source: St. Vrain Creek

Total Project Cost: $2,193,000 Funding Sources: Company and CWCB

Type of Borrower: Agricultural/Municipal Blended Interest Rate: 3%

CWCB Loan: $1,000,000 Term: 30 years

CWCB Grant: $5,000

Average Annual Volume of Water diverted: 9,745 AF

The Supply Ditch is located in Boulder County, 4 miles north west of Longmont, and diverts
water from St. Vrain Creek. The Supply Irrigating Ditch Company operates the ditch to supply
water to 160 shareholders for irrigation within the 8,500-acre service area. The Company wants
to rehabilitate and enlarge the Knoth Reservoir for use as an equalizer, and for storage under a
conditional decree for 542 acre-feet. The project would be designed in 2003 and constructed in
2004. The average annual volume diverted now is 9,500 acre-feet, which will increase to 9,745
acre-feet with the project in place. The Supply Irrigating Ditch Company is a mutual ditch
company and a nonprofit corporation registered in the State of Colorado. Duane Smith P.E., of
Smith Geotech Inc., has completed the feasibility study. The Company received a $5,000
CWCB grant for ~ the cost of the study. Proposed funding for the project consists of a CWCS
loa,n in amount of $1 ,000,000 and $1,193,000 from the Company.

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