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4 <br />C7 <br />..~ ~f~ <br />,. . <br />Proiect Description <br />The Abbott Ranch is located in Elbert County, approximately 10 miles northeast of the <br />Town of Kiowa. It consists of 1,727 acres, of which 150 acres are irrigated, and the remainder is in <br />dry-land pasture. The Ranch relies on two main revenue streams, cattle sales and hay sales. <br />Currently, the Ranch produces 300 tons of hay on the 150 acres, with 70% being available for sale <br />as horse hay. For irrigation, the Ranch uses one alluvial well that is 80 feet deep, in the Bijou Creek <br />alluvium of the Kiowa-Bijou Designated Basin. Due to deterioration of the casing pipe, the well <br />can only pump 250 gpm, and production has been reduced to 2 tons/acre or a total of 300 tons <br />annually. This project involved drilling an 80-foot replacement well with 16" casing (40' steel and <br />40' stainless steel), using the re-built pump from the existing well, and connecting the replacement <br />well to the existing system with 2501f of new 6"PVC piping. The new well was completed in the <br />summer of 2006 with a maximum production pump rate of 600 gpm. <br />Project Data <br />Sponsor: Abbott Ranch County: Elbert Water Source: Comanche Creek <br />Terms of Loan: $39,173.86@2.0% for 10-yrs. Substantial Completion Date: February 1, 2007 <br />Construction Contractor: Hamacher Drilling, Inc. -Simla, Colorado <br />Average Annual Diversion: 400 acre-feet <br />ABBOTT RANCH <br />WELL REPLACEMENT PROJECT <br />Abbott Ranch Lower Center Pivot Looking East from Comanche Creek Road <br />