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Attachment C <br />Feasibility Study <br />Missouri Heights - Mountain Meadow Irrigation Company <br />Ditch Lining Project <br />Introduction (Need for the Project) <br />This project lies in the Roaring Fork Valley in the southwestern portion of Eagle County and the <br />eastern portion of Garfield County, Colorado. The Missouri Heights - Mountain Meadow Irrigation <br />Company operates the Missouri Heights Mountain Meadow Irrigation Company Ditch for the <br />benefit of the shareholders by providing irrigation water from the Spring Park Reservoir. <br />The beginning portion of the earthen ditch below the Reservoir loses as much as 30% of the water <br />in the ditch due to seepage through the course and rocky soils. The Missouri Heights - Mountain <br />Meadow Irrigation Company wants to install a lining or pipeline to make a permanent fix of this <br />section. Proposed work will take place in the fall and winter of 2013 while the ditch is not in use. <br />The proposal is to line with a new plastic product called "Smart Ditch" or to pipe the 3500 ft. <br />seeping canal. The lining or pipeline will prevent water loss due to ditch seepage. <br />The project consists of a concrete water control structure, about 3500 feet of a new product <br />called "Smart Ditch" or 60 Inch plastic pipe and related rock protection of both the pipe and <br />structure. <br />Without controlling seepage from the ditch water loss will continue until the ditch is lined or <br />piped. <br />Project Sponsor <br />The Missouri Heights - Mountain Meadow Irrigation Company is an incorporated ditch company in <br />the State of Colorado. The Company has an elected board of directors that manage the day -to -day <br />business and operation of the ditch. The Ditch has a hired "ditch walker' to manage flows of water <br />to the users of the ditch and to do some maintenance work. The Missouri Heights - Mountain <br />Meadow Irrigation Company articles of incorporation and by -laws are included in Appendix A. <br />Project Service Area and Facilities <br />This project and service area lies in the Roaring Fork Valley in the southwestern portion of Eagle <br />County and the eastern portion of Garfield County, Colorado. The Ditch Company has <br />approximately 6 miles of distribution ditch starting at the outlet of the Spring Park Reservoir. The <br />