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Water Project Loan Program - Project Data <br />Borrower: County <br />Weldon Valley Ditch Company : Morgan <br />Project Name: Project Type: <br />Cottonwood Draw Flume Ditch Rehabilitation <br />Drainage Basin: Water Source: <br />South Platte South Platte River <br />Total Project Cost: Funding Sources: <br />$150,000 CWCB, Company <br />Type of Borrower: Average Diversion: <br />Agricultural/Low-Income 36,000 acre-feet <br /> Municipal <br />CWCB Loan: Interest Rate: Term: <br />$136,350 (Including 1% fee) 2.6% 30 years <br />The Weldon Valley Ditch Company (Company) owns and operates the Weldon Valley Ditch. It <br />services approximately 6,400 acres ranging from two miles west of Orchard to three miles east of <br />Weldona. The Company’s major facilities include a bl adder dam diversion at the South Platte River, <br />a flume crossing at the Jackson Lake outlet, a fl ume crossing at the Cottonwood Draw, and a return <br />flume at the terminus of the ditch. The Cottonwood Draw flume is the subject of this loan request. <br />The flume is a wooden and steel st ructure built in 1965. It is nearing the end of its useful life and <br />needs to be replaced. Additionally, it spans a natu ral drainage area and is thereby threatened by <br />floods. The Company plans to replace the flume with a concrete siphon. Final de sign is expected to <br />be complete in January of 2009; construction is set to follow immediately with completion estimated <br />in February of 2009. <br />Jackson Reservoi r <br />Cottonwood Draw Flume <br />Weldon <br />Valle y Ditch <br />Weldona <br />Orchar d <br />Ft Morgan <br />Location Map <br />