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<br />• Water Project Construction Loan Program - Project Data
<br />Borrower: Bijou Irrigation District (District)
<br />Project Name: Empire Intake Canal
<br />Diversion Structure
<br />Drainage Basin: South Platte
<br />Total Project Cost: $720,000
<br />Type of Borrower: Agricultural
<br />CWCB STTFPBA Fund Loan: $654,480
<br />(incl. 1 % loan fee)
<br />County: Morgan & Weld
<br />Project Type: Rehabilitation
<br />Water Source: So. Platte River
<br />Funding Sources: CWCB, BID
<br />Aver. Delivery: 15,900 acre-feet
<br />Interest Rate: 2.25% Term: 30 years
<br />The District is a statutory Irrigation District (1905) and owns and operates Empire Reservoir located
<br />west of Fort Morgan. It provides irrigation water to a 19,177-acre service area in Morgan County,
<br />located between the reservoir and the City of Fort Morgan. In addition to the Reservoir, the District
<br />owns and operates the diversion structure/headgate on the South Platte and the reservoir intake
<br />and outlet canals. Water stored in the reservoir is delivered to users through a sister company,
<br />Bijou Irrigation Company. Annual District headgate diversions are 50,970 acre-feet, and delivery
<br />from the reservoir is about 15,900 acre-feet. The District diversion structure/headgate consists of
<br />two components: 1) the ditch intake structure, which consists of a structure with 5 steel radial gates
<br />to adjust flows into the Empire Intake Canal, which is in good condition, and 2) the river diversion
<br />structure, used to divert flow into the canal intake structure, which is in need of significant repairs.
<br />The diversion structure has suffered extreme damage in times of high flow in the river. It currently
<br />uses a board system to control water levels in the river, and the structure has lost its effectiveness
<br />due to large sand build-up on the upstream side. The current structure cannot be operated in a
<br />manner to reduce the sand upstream of the intake gates, causing excessive sand to be drawn into
<br />the intake canal, and hampering diversions into the inlet. The diversion also has a problem with
<br />debris, mainly trees getting hung up, and requires continual maintenance. The proposed project
<br />would make repairs to the river diversion portion of the structure by constructing a 100 foot long
<br />gate structure and installation of an Obermeyer Pneumatic Spillway Gate (Bladder Gate), located
<br />immediately adjacent to the canal intake structure.
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