9527

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9527
• Author: Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District.
• Title: The Windy Gap Project.
• USFW Year: no dat
• USFW - Doc Type: Loveland, CO.
• Copyright Material: NO

NSTRUCTION
inancing for the
$120 million Windy
ap Project was provid-
i through the sale of
venue bonds. The
pries of bonds is being
tired through pay-
ents made by Sub-
strict water allottees.
)nstruction on the
oject officially began
th the groundbreaking
?remony on July 11,
a81, ending nearly 17
gars of planning and
'gotiation. Internation-
Engineering Co. of
3n Francisco was
red as the project
management firm.
Western States
Construction Co., Inc.
built the pumping plant
and part of the pipeline,
while Johnson Brothers
Corp. installed the
remainder of the
pipeline. Despite a
flood at the pumping
plant in 1983 and the
shutdown for archaeo-
logical investigations,
the Project was com-
pleted within four years.
The Project was com-
pleted, tested and
became operational in
the spring of 1985.

ie manifold leading from the Windy Gap Pump Plant is
feet in diameter
P
WINDY GAP PROJEC' 15
Each section of pipeline
was hauled over the
Continental Divide by truck