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� ,� <br />. <br />�, <br />. ��QO �� <br />� �� G-o� � o ��l �/ <br />C <br />STAT� QF COLCJIZADCj�� <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />� 1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />_ P one: C.�63T86&=��1 — — <br />_. _ . _ .__.___ _._ _ .. _ _. _ <br />FAX: (303) 866-4474 <br />www cwcb.state.co.us <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Colorado Water Conservation Boaxd Members <br />Bili Owens <br />Govemor <br />Greg E. Waicher <br />Executive Director <br />Rod Kuharich <br />CWCB Director <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />Deputy Director <br />FROM: Tim Feehan, P.E., Water Supply Planning and Finance Section - <br />John Van Sciver, P.E., Water Supply Planning and Finance Sect �,,.. �� <br />Mil�e Serlet, P.E., Chief, Water Supply Planning and Finance Secti � <br />DATE: November 9, 2001 <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 22E, November 19-20, 2001 Board Meeting <br />Water Supply Planning and Finance - Construction Fund New Loans <br />OwI Creek Reservoir Company - Owl Creek Reservoi�- Rehabilitation <br />i <br />� <br />) <br />Introduction <br />Owl Creek Reservoir Company/J. Gale and Valerie A. Moody are applying for a <br />$1,125,000 agricultural loan from the Construction Fund to rehabilitate Owl Creek <br />�e�����____ __ _ _ __ _ . . _ _ _ _ ----- ._ ____ <br />The purpose of the loan is to rehabilitate the existing reservoir to provide for the storage <br />of approximately 1,200 acre-feet of water generated from surface runoff from the upper <br />Owl Creek basin. The water stored in the reservoir will be used to irrigate <br />approximately 1,200 acres of various cropland located downstream of the facility. <br />Backtround <br />Owl Creek Reservoir is located in Weld County, Colorado, approximately 6 miles east <br />and 3 miles north of the Town of Ault. The reservoir is more specifically located in <br />Sections 25 and 35, Township 8 North, Range 65 West of the 6 Principal Meridan. <br />The reservoir was originally consiructed in 1896 to store water for irrigation. The source <br />of water for the reservoir is generated from surface runoff from the Owl Creek basin, <br />which is comprised of the Eastman, Little Owl, and Robinson Creeks tributaries, <br />encompassing over 160 square miles of drainage area. The average flow in Owl Creek <br />ranges from 1 to 10 cfs. The dam was originally constructed of a granular material, that <br />.__,� <br />�' � <br />.� <br />��t.. <br />o�� v - <br />Flood Protection • Water Projed Planning and Financing • Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection . Conservation Planning <br />