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Contractor Installing Connection Between Recharge Ponds <br />Proiect Description <br />The Upper Platte and Beaver Canal Company operates the Canal for the benefit of their 100 <br />shareholders by providing direct flow irrigation water to an 11,000-acre service area. The diversion <br />and head gate are located on the South Platte River, about one mile northeast of Fort Morgan. <br />There are 97 junior irrigation wells under the Upper Platte and Beaver system. The Company will <br />cover the depletions of these wells by constructing two recharge ponds, to be filled from the Upper <br />Platte and Beaver Canal under the Company's 1972 augmentation decree. The project commenced <br />construction in the fall of 2003 and was completed in October of 2005. <br />Proiect Data <br />Sponsor: Upper Platte & Beaver Canal Co. County: Morgan Water Source: South Platte River <br />Terms of Loan: $56,673@2.25% for 10-yrs. Substantial Completion Date: October 1, 2005 <br />Design Engineer: Nation Engineering, Inc. -Fort Morgan, Colorado <br />Annual Diversion: 32,500 acre-feet <br />UPPER PLATTE AND BEAVER CANAL COMPANY <br />J -W AUGMENTATION PROJECT <br />