15d_Directors Report

• Board Meeting Date: 7/21/2009
• Description: Directors' Report - CWCB Director
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

District is anticipating securing federal funding in 2009/2010 , with design and construction to
follow.
4 . Penrose Water District – Water Rights Purchase and Pipeline Installation
Authorization: Severance Tax Fund County : Fremont
Water Source: Arkansas River Project Yield: 339 AF - Consumptive
Terms of Loan: $ 8,8 4 4,570 @ 3.25% for 3 0 yrs. Project Type: Pump/Pipeline/Reservoir
The PWD currently provides domestic water to approximately 4,000 people with 1,700 taps in
an d around the Town of Penrose, with existing demand of 489 acre - feet per year. PWD’s water
supply is obtained by a lease with the Beaver Park Water, Inc. (BPW) who owns and operates
Brush Hollow Reservoir. The 1990 lease has a 30 - year term, and provides an increasing amount
of water each year, 751 AF in 2006, leveling out at 1,000 AF in 2020. In drought years, the
amount available to PWD is further reduced below the contract amount. Future build - out demand
in 2040 is projected to be 1,200 acre - feet for about 8,000 residents and 3,240 taps. The proposed
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Enterprise project includes the acquisition of 10/12 of the Pleasant Valley Ditch water rights
near Howard, with a change in use and change in point of diversion approximately 50 miles
downstream to Sec . 13, T19S, R69W. Water will be obtained through the installation of 7
shallow alluvial wells immediately north of the Arkansas River, and then pumped approximately
5.8 miles through a 12 - inch transmission line to Brush Hollow Reservoir. As part of the project,
Brush Hollow Reservoir will be enlarged by raising the dam four feet . Water rights purchases
occurred in 2005. Water court application was filed in 2006, with a late 2008 court date
anticipated. Reservoir en largement is scheduled late 2008 a nd early 2009 . Pump and pipeline
constructi on is sch eduled to occur in 2010 and 2011 , with total projec t completion anticipated in
2012 . The District is currently working on obtaining an agreement between the District and
Beaver Park Water to allow the District to utilize Brush Hollow Reservoir for additi onal storage.
Additionally the District is looking a number of other potential distribution and storage
alternatives to meet their needs. The loan contract will not be executed until a firm distribut ion
and storage plan is in - place and approved by CWCB.
5 . Seven Lakes Reservoir Company – Reservoir Rehabilitation
Authorization: S everance Tax Fund County: Weld and Larimer
Water Source: South Platte Project Yield: 7,796 acre - feet
Terms of Loan: $ 772,842 @ 2. 9 5% for 30 yrs. Project Type: Reservoir Rehabilitation
The Seven Lakes Reservoir Company ( SLRC ) and its sister company Greeley and Loveland
Irrigation Company (GLIC), own and operate an extensive system of reservoirs and canals in the
Loveland and Greeley area. GLIC owns 4 reservoirs (including Lake Loveland and Boyd Lake)
and SLRC owns 5 reservoirs (including Horseshoe Lake, immediately adjacent to Boyd Lake.) .
SLRC uses GLIC’s Big Barnes Ditch to fill Horseshoe Reservoir. Water is ca rried in the Big
Barnes Ditch and discharges into Lake Loveland at a decreed rate of 1000 cfs . SLRC desires to
remove and replace an existing deteriorated 5 - tunnel railroad crossing structure with a new bridge
in order to safely move 1,000 cfs from the B ig Thompson River through Lake Loveland to
Horseshoe Reservoir, thus removing a serious bottleneck in the flow path of water. This project
will install a new pre - fabricated railroad bridge based on BNSF Railroad design requirements.
Construction will occ ur while the track remains in continuous service, with trains expected on a
frequency of one about every six hours. Bridge support pilings will be driven during the time
intervals when trains are not near the site, and pile caps constructed. Rails, ties and ballast can
then be removed and the prefabricated bridge installed . Work is ant ici pated to commence in the