The Watershed Program in Colorado (Pilot and Public Law 566) (2)

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- 3 - Roatcap Wash Watershed Project (PL 566, Iviontrose County) - This project includes one retardation structure that is caTpleted. Final cost $227,885 (local cost $45,747). The project is sponsored by the Shavano Soil Conservation District and the Unconpahgre Valley Water Users Association. Watershed area is 10,642 acres. Franktcwn.- Parker Tributaries of Cherry Creek Watershed (PL 566, Douglas, :E1 Paso and Elbert Counties) _ This project area. is 176,640 acres. It is sponsored by the Cherry Creek Soil Conservation District, the Boards of County Commissioners of Douglas and El Paso-Counties and the State Soil Conservation Board. Land treatment masures and structural measures provide floodwater and sediment damage reductions to floodplain lands and to state and county road systems. Structures include 16 floodwater- retarding structures and one floodwater diver- sion. The cost of the project was $1,384,034 of which. $904,894 is PL 566 oasts and $479,140 other costs. Indian Wash Watershed Project (PL 566, Mesa County) - Project area is 9,640 acres Floodwater and "sediment damages will be reduced to: flood plain irrigated lands and canals; county, state and federal roads; the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; and to suburban and urban building and property in Mesa County and the City of Grand Junction. Land treatment measures were installed by the Bureau of Land Management on public lands of the watershed and by owners of the 'private lands. Structural measures consist of one large floodwater-retarding structure. The cost of the project was $532,914 of which the other costs were $112,411. The project is sponsored by the Upper -Grand Valley Soil Conservation District, Mesa County and the City of Grand Junction. Authorized Watershed Projects 'Not Completed (Pu blic Lave 566) ✓ Home Supply Watershed Project (Larimer and Weld Counties) - An Agricultural Water Management Project consisting of _ land treatment reasures and structural measures for the rehabilitation of the canal system and a 5,100 acre -foot reservoir for supplemental irrigation storage which has been completed. Estimated project cost is $2,553,248 ($983,248 PL 566 and $1,570,000 local costs). Project area is 43,140-acres. Sponsors.are the Big Thompson Soil Conservation District, the Consolidated Hare Supply Ditch and reservoir Company, the Handy Ditch Conpany and the Colorado State Soil Conservation Board. Louden Watershed Project (Larimer County) - This project consists of land treatment measures and structural measures for rehabilitation of the main canal system and associated lateral systems. Estimated project cost is $461,261 ($336,261 PL 566 and other costs $125,000). Project area is 113,280 acres. The project is sponsored by the Big Thompson and Fort Collins Soil Conservation Districts, the Louden Irrigating Canal and Reservoir Company, the Louden Extension Canal and Reservoir Company, the Big Lateral Ditch Cmipany, and the Colorado State Soil Conservation Board.