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Water Project Construction Loan Program -Project Data <br />Borrower: SECWCD -Enterprise <br />Project Name: Arkansas Valley Conduit <br />Drainage Basin: Arkansas <br />Total Project Cost: $300,000,000 <br />County: Pueblo, Crowley, Otero, Bent, Prowers <br />Project Type: Water Supply Pipeline <br />Water Source: Arkansas -Fry-Ark Project <br />Funding Sources: CWCB, Federal <br />Type of Borrower: Municipal/Low Aver. Delivery: 6,555 AF (2005 demand) <br />CWCB Construction Fund Loan: $60,600,000 Interest Rate: 3.25% Term: 30 years <br />(incl. 1 % loan fee) <br />The Arkansas Valley Conduit is designed to bring relatively clean raw water to 41 water providers in <br />the lower Arkansas Valley, who currently either take water from the Arkansas River, and\or pump <br />from shallow and\or deep aquifers. This pumped water has quality problems and requires <br />significant treatment before it meets Clean Drinking Water standards. The conduit will begin at <br />Pueblo Reservoir Dam, where a 30.94 cfs municipal outlet is already in place and reserved for the <br />specific use of the conduit. The conduit will gravity flow approximately 138 miles down the <br />Arkansas River Valley to Lamar. The conduit water will flow by the St. Charles Mesa Water District <br />where it will enter a water filtration plant. As the conduit moves down the valley, spurs will take off <br />the main line to deliver water to local and regional water providers. The conduit will receive its <br />water from the USBR Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. Currently, about 5,779 acre-feet of water per <br />year is available for entities East of Pueblo in an average year. Additionally, Return Flows are <br />retained by the District and can be exchanged back up to Pueblo Reservoir for delivery. These <br />Return Flows can provide up to an additional 1,600 acre-feet of water. Storage is available to these <br />entities in Pueblo Reservoir because they are in the SECWCD service area. This storage will help <br />provide water in the years when less than average water is provided by the Fry-Ark Project. The <br />water will be provided strictly for municipal and industrial purposes. Final chlorination or treatment <br />will be left up to each water provider. The conduit is currently planned to be paid 80% <br />(approximately $240 million) by the federal government. <br />f,}l <br />I <br />,' Arkansas Valley Conduit <br />,,%'. <br />F:, <br />f.i <br />a3 .'f' <br />} \'~ d ` <br />"/ <br />F _..f'~. <br />~_ . ~""4. <br />r+' <br />.~. ,• <br />P <br />n-. r <br />a17,', e K .e <br />(~ ~ n <br />Y' E <br />~' <br />t ~~ <br />_ _-- <br />__._= '~~ <br />.~ <br />~ ~ `~ <br />}~` _ _ <br />~~~ ~ ~... <br />.~ ~ .~Haa.~=.•rt <br />~~ <br />~_ ( . <br />? . ~,+oml~ .w <br />__ ~ ~ ~. _,.~.,. _ - - °--.r , <br />~, <br />i <br />:._ .k. . <br />x <br />r `~ X71-"`~ ~ '. V''~,~ ~. . ft„~ } . <br />I ~sis~. i9 Juola ~ - ( . <br />~i'Y L, 1 <br />~- uwy ~ ~ ' "~j ~~N~1 <br />.1~' iY ` _ 701 <br />rr~ 1I~~ .~ ~ .~l_ <br />i el 4 ~ l'P+s] <br />\7[Q r <br />i~ <br />P' 1j re <br />w7oo~ • 7.mna~ <br />~l <br />Location Map <br />~1Y~ <br />~~ <br />~ -U = <br />,., ~ <br />7. L7w~r <br />O <br />~I' ] <br />>k. <br />1 <br />~~ <br />