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gate. This alternative would eliminate the safety problem <br />associated with the sand gate and would greatly increase the <br />ability to remove sand from in front of the DSIC point of <br />diversion. The cost of this alternative is approximately <br />$250,000. <br />The Select~d Project <br />The DSIC plans to construct alternative #3. Features of this <br />alternative are as follows: <br />- A 5 foot wide radial gate will replace part of the concrete <br />wall system in the river channel. <br />- The existing diversion floor will be used as the floor of <br />the new radial gate structure. <br />- The top of the gate structure will be built up to the <br />elevation of the diversions existing wing walls. <br />- All wall and floor sections will all be steel reinforced <br />concrete with a minimum tihickness of 12 inches. <br />- All components of the radial gate will be made with <br />stainless steel. <br />- The gate will be equipped with a sprinkler gearbox for easy <br />lifting. <br />These features are shown in the preliminary plan sheet found in <br />Appendix C. <br />Water Rights <br />The shareholders of the DSIC have the ability to divert 21 cfs <br />from the South Platte River under their meadow rights and 63 cfs <br />under their traditional irrigation rights. The meadow rights have <br />two separate appropriations; April 2, 1871 for 13 cfs and July 1, <br />1874 for 8 cfs. The traditional irrigation rights also have two <br />separate appropriations; April 7, 1884 for 32 cfs and November 1, <br />1888 for 31 cfs. The DSIC and its shareholders also have a <br />recharge plan which was decreed with the Company's plan for <br />augmentation in water case number 03Cw222. <br />Feasibility Study <br />Deuel & Snyder :mprovement Company <br />River 5and Gate Structure <br />February 2009 <br />4 <br />