The Watershed Program in Colorado (Pilot and Public Law 566) (3)

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- 3 - Roateap Wash Watershed Project (PL 566, Montrose County) - This project includes one retardation structure that is completed. Final cost $227,885 (local cost $LE5,747). The project is sponsored by the Shavano Soil Conservation District and the Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association. Watershed area is 10,642 acres. Franktown- Parker Tributaries of Cherry Creek Watershed (PL 566, Douglas, El 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 measures 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 costs 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. Louden Watershed Project (PL 566, Larimer County) - .Project consists of land treatment and structural measures for rehabilitation of the main canal system and associated lateral systems. Final project costs, as amended, are $1,152,615 ($796,266 other costs and $356,349 PL 566 costs). The project, as amended, was sponsored by the Big Thompson and Fort Collins Soil Conservation Districts, Louden Irrigating Canal and Reservoir Company, Louden Extension Canal and Reservoir Company and the Colorado Soil Conservation Board. The project was authorized June 16, 1966 with construction starting November 10, 1966. Structures (63) planned for one of the participating laterals systems, the Big Lateral Ditch Company, were deleted by agreement because of losses of land to urban development. Construction was completed October 1970 and project completion reported June 30, 1971. Construction costs for canal system rehabilitation are $479,69.4 ($153,366 other costs and $326,328 PL 566 cost). Canon Watershed Project (P1 566, Fremont County) - This project embraces 12,138 acres. Sponsors, as amended, are the Fremont Soil Conservation District, Fremont County Flood Conservancy District, Board of Commissioners of Fremont County and the Colorado Soil Conservation Boards. The