PROJC01874 ‎(2)‎

• Contract/PO #: C150188
• Contractor Name: Bull Creek Reservoir, Canal & Power Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 0
• County: Mesa
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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In 2001 the Colorado Division of Water Resources, Division 5, filed the decennial abandonment list
with the water clerk claiming abandonment of a portion of the absolute water rights decreed to Bull
Creek Reservoirs Nos. 1, 2 and 4. In the case of Reservoirs Nos. 1 and 2 the Division Engineer is
claiming that the reservoir basins are not as large as those stated in the absolute decrees. In the
case of Reservoir No. 4 the Division Engineer is not arguing the capacity of the reservoir, but
instead had previously placed a filling restriction on the reservoir because the crest width of the
dam does not meet current State Engineers guidelines and rules for minimum crest width. This
effectively caused a reduction in allowable storage, which predicated the abandonment
proceedings. Lastly, a visual inspection by the Division 5 Dam Safety engineer in 2003 raised
questions of a possible high phreatic level in the embankment, although this has neither been
proven nor disproven, and potential instability that can be associated with a high phreatic level.

The Reservoir Company responded in a timely fashion to the abandonment proceedings. This has
resulted in a "Stipulation and Agreement" ("Agreement," Appendix B) between the Colorado
Attorney Generals Office and the Bull Creek Reservoir, Canal and Power Company. This was
signed October 31, 2003. The Agreement stipulates rehabilitation and enlargement of the
reservoirs must be physically completed by October, 31,2004.

PROJECT SPONSOR

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The Bull Creek Reservoir, Canal and Power Company is a non-profit corporation registered in the
State of Colorado. There are 19 shareholders and 500 shares of stock. The Reservoir Company
has the power to set annual assessments to be paid by the shareholders, the power to cut off
water deliveries to shareholders that fail to pay their assessments, and the power to offer stock
for sale to pay back assessments.

PROJECT SERVICE AREA AND FACILITIES

The Reservoir Company provides irrigation water to approximately 800 acres in Mesa County.
The water stored by the project is the primary source of mid- to late summer irrigation water.
Figure 1 shows the location of the reservoirs and the service area. Irrigated acreage within the

Bull Creek Reservoir, Canal and Power Company
Bull Creek Reservoirs Nos. 1,2 and 4, Feasibility Study
May 31,2004

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