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<br />CWCB Construction Fund Loan Application <br /> <br />4. Please provide a brief description of the owner's existing water supply facilities and describe any <br /> <br />existing operational or maintenance problems. Attach separate sheets if needed, and a map of <br /> <br />the service area. Bijou was formed in late '1 8~OO' s, to construct and operate the <br />Bijou Irrigation canal to provide irrigation water to shareholders. The existing <br />facilities are made up of two components; the ditch intake and the river diversion <br />s'tl;l.Cture. Both structures are concrete, with either metal gates and or a board <br />system. The rlver fuverslon structure has suffered ':.' (::;1:1: C1Llad1t:~J. page) <br />For existing facilities indicate:, (;) 1- e~ . <br /> <br />Number of shareholders 12132 or Number of customers served <br /> <br />Current Assessment per share $ 30.00 <br />Number of acres irrigated 24,000 <br /> <br />Number of shares 4,000 <br />Water Right: 450 CFS. <br /> <br />Average water diverted per year: 47,460 acre-feet. <br /> <br />Part B. - Description of the Project <br />1. Name ofthe project orfacility Rehabilitation of the Bijou Irrigation Company <br />VlverSlon ~tructure <br />2. Purpose of this loan application. Check one. <br />New project <br />X Rehabilitation or replacement of existing facility <br />Enlargement of existing facility <br />Emergency Repair <br />Other (describe) <br /> <br />3. If the project is for rehabilitation of an existing reservoir, is th~7 reservoir currently under a <br />storage restriction order from the State Engineer? YES _ NO X <br /> <br />4. General location of the project. (please include county, and approximate distance and direction <br />fromnearesttown, as well as legal description, if known. 10 miles east of Kersey, <br />Colorado--mile marker 131 on Highway 34 <br /> <br />5. Please provide a brief narrative description of the proposed project including purpose, need, <br />facilities, type of water uses to be served and service area. Attach separate sheet, if needed. 'rhi s <br />structure is very old and has lost it effectiveness. Eacnyear <br />both components of the diverslon structure requlre more repairs. <br />'rhp '-'12mpnr ;!'; rrllmh 1 ; ng <"Inn the steel on the qates has ei ther <br />been patch or replaced. The proposed project is to replace <br />pC1LL uf Ll1c L:ellll:uL ;:,LLUcLu.ce II! tIle Ri-,rer with bl.:lddcr d.J.ffiE: and <br />continue to use the intake gates at the Company canal. This <br />canal is used for the Company's decreed direct flow irrigation <br />water and also is used to divert water to numerous augmentation <br />sites under the Bijou Irrigation System. <br /> <br />2 <br />