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Water News: Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District Volume 1 Issue 13
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Water News: Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District Volume 1 Issue 13
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District Researching Possible <br />Assumption of O &M for Fry -Ark <br />The District is undertaking a <br />study in cooperation with the <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />(Reclamation) to investigate the <br />possibility of the District taking <br />over the Operating and <br />Maintenance (O &M) <br />responsibilities for the <br />Fryingpan - Arkansas Project <br />system. The study will <br />determine if there would be a <br />cost savings as well as any <br />benefits if the District were to <br />assume the O &M. <br />Reclamation has turned over <br />O &M on several projects <br />throughout the western states. <br />Reclamation is still responsible <br />for the oversight of those <br />projects, but the day -to -day <br />operation and maintenance, and <br />long range planning has been <br />assumed by private <br />organizations that have less <br />overhead and are able to <br />respond quicker to needs and <br />changes as they arise. <br />Currently, maj or <br />maintenance items are subject <br />to the annual appropriation <br />PSOP (Continued from page 2) <br />participant will share <br />proportionately in these costs <br />based upon the amount of <br />storage space they're <br />requesting. <br />The implementation of the <br />PSOP has indeed begun, but it <br />will be a long process, with <br />lobbying for federal legislation, <br />feasibility studies, compliance <br />with the federal National <br />Environmental Policy Act <br />process that Reclamation must <br />go through. This can result in <br />items being pushed out into <br />later years resulting in <br />maintenance schedules being <br />ever lengthened. <br />The study will analyze <br />whether the District is able to <br />provide more cost effective <br />O &M and be able to keep the <br />major projects from being <br />moved further into the future. <br />The study will investigate; <br />which facilities are able to be <br />transferred, how they are <br />staffed, the current overhead <br />cost, the additional <br />administration and budget items <br />that would be required at the <br />District, the possible cost <br />savings associated with the <br />different overhead structures, <br />contract changes required, and <br />any legal considerations. <br />The study is expected to be <br />finished sometime in June 2001. <br />A formal presentation will be <br />made to the Board at its' July <br />meeting. <br />Written by: Phil Reynolds, CFO, <br />SECWCD <br />(NEPA), and many more <br />Implementation Committee <br />meetings, before we have the <br />authority to enlarge Fry -Ark <br />Project facilities. The <br />preliminary PSOP <br />Implementation schedule says <br />that construction at Pueblo <br />Reservoir won't begin until the <br />spring of 2009. Even that date <br />may end up being optimistic. <br />Written by: Steve Arveschoug, <br />General Manager, SECWCD <br />.3 <br />2000 -01 WINTER <br />WATER PROGRAM <br />The 2000 -01 Winter Water <br />Program ended at midnight on <br />March 14, 2001. A total of <br />158,390 acre -feet of Winter <br />Water is stored in Pueblo <br />Reservoir, 28,847 acre -feet is <br />stored in John Martin Reservoir <br />and 83,446 acre -feet is stored in <br />off - channel storage or was <br />delivered directly for winter <br />irrigation. Last year at this <br />time, the Winter Water Program <br />had stored 178,578 acre -feet, <br />which is indicative of the dry <br />conditions experienced this <br />year. <br />At this time, there are <br />approximately 31,000 acre -feet <br />of available storage space in <br />Pueblo Reservoir. Based on <br />current operations sufficient <br />conservation storage space for <br />Winter Water should be <br />available at Pueblo Reservoir <br />for the entire irrigation season. <br />The cost of Winter Water stored <br />in Pueblo Reservoir during the <br />2000 -2001 program is $3.05 per <br />acre -foot, which includes a <br />$0.25 per acre -foot Safety of <br />Dams Surcharge. Charges are <br />determined on maximum <br />storage during the Program and <br />are non - refundable. <br />Agricultural users have <br />approximately 34,000 acre -feet <br />of carryover Project Water in <br />their storage accounts, which <br />must be delivered before June 1, <br />2001. Any Project Water <br />remaining in the agricultural <br />accounts after June 1 will revert <br />to the Enterprise account. <br />Written by: Tom Simpson, Water <br />Resources Manager, SECWCD <br />
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