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STATE OF COLORADO <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX: (303) 866-4474 <br />www.cwcb.state.co.us <br />M E M O R A N D U M Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />(Updated July 17, 2007) Go~ernor <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members ExecutiveDirector <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />FROM: Bruce Johnson, P.E. j ActingCWCB <br />D'uector <br />Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief ~ <br />Water Supply Planning and Finance Section <br />DATE: July 2, 2007 <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 15a, July 11-12 Board Meeting <br />Water Supply Planning and Finance Section - New Project Loans <br />Henrylyn Irrigation District - Horse Creek Reservoir and Prospect <br />Reservoir Rehabilitation <br />Introduction <br />The Henrylyn Irrigation District (HID) is applying for a$2,162,700 loan from the Severance Tax Trust <br />Fund Perpetual Base Account, to repair the outlet works and add toe drains at Horse Creek Reservoir, <br />and repair the outlet works at Prospect Reservoir. The estimated total cost of the project is <br />$2,403,000. Please see the attached Project Data Sheet. <br />Backpround <br />The HID service area consists of 32,745 acres of irrigated farm land in Weld County. The service <br />area starts about 2 miles west of Hudson and extends generally east and south along I-76, to about <br />9 miles east of Keenesburg. The irrigated acreage within the service area is primarily used to grow <br />corn, beans, sugar beets, wheat, barley, sunflowers, alfalfa and grass hay. The HID is a taxing <br />district that levies a tax per acre based on benefits received, not an ad valorem property tax. Each <br />HID acre is entitled to a pro-rata share or allocation of the water available under HID's water rights. <br />The HID's direct flow water is diverted at the Burlington Canal Headworks and continues 16 miles to <br />and past Barr Lake. It then continues 25 miles in the Denver Hudson Canal to Horse Creek <br />Reservoir, and from there continues another 25 miles to Prospect Reservoir. The HID is divided <br />into 3 Divisions. The HID delivers water available from 123 shares of Burlington Barr stock and 560 <br />acres of FRICO Barr Division to 3,075 acres in Division I. From Horse Creek Reservoir, the Denver <br />Hudson Canal supplies irrigation water to 7 laterals and Lord Reservoir, providing water to 20,460 <br />acres in Division II. From Prospect Reservoir, the Prospect Lateral supplies irrigation water to two <br />laterals and Olds Reservoir delivering irrigation water to 9,210 acres. Average annual HID <br />diversions are 39,950 AF and delivery is 19,175 AF. <br />Flood Protection • Water Supply Planning and Finance • Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection • Conservation and Drought Planning <br />