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CWCB Water Project Loan Program <br /> Project Data Sheet 0150402 <br /> Borrower: The Ephraim Ditch Company County: Rio Grande <br /> Project Name: Ephraim Diversion and Project Type: Ditch Rehabilitation <br /> Headgate Rehabilitation <br /> Drainage Basin/District: Rio Grande/22 Water Source: Conejos River <br /> Total Project Cost: $201,500 Funding Source: Construction Fund, <br /> WSRA Grants <br /> Type of Borrower: Agricultural Average Annual Diversion: 4,100 AF <br /> CWCB Loan: $101,000 Interest Rate: 1.75%Term: 30-years <br /> (with 1% service fee) <br /> The Ephraim Ditch Company formed in 1883 and incorporated in 1927 as a Mutual Ditch Company. <br /> Its diversion is located on the Conejos River just below the confluence with the San Antonio River <br /> and a service area covering approximately 5,000 irrigated acres. The purpose of this Project is to <br /> address the need for a well-designed diversion structure that will reduce maintenance, improve water <br /> management efficiencies, and allow for the accurate control of compact-entitled waters. The core of. <br /> the Ephraim Ditch diversion structure has been washed away over time, contributing to decades of <br /> limited diversion to irrigators and potential over payment to the Compact. Currently irrigators divert <br /> their water right by piling debris such as tree trunks or cinderblocks to act as the diversion dam. This <br /> Project will remove and replace the diversion and headgate structure and install automated headgates <br /> and five gauging stations. Construction is expected to start around July 2015. <br /> This Project is one of three projects collectively known as the Conejos River System Confluence <br /> Management Project, managed by the Conejos Water Conservancy District. The District has taken a <br /> proactive "whole river" system approach to water management and, over the past few years, has <br /> improved the efficiency and stability of many diversions, developed real-time water management <br /> data, and studied the effects on return flows from irrigated areas from groundwater withdrawals. The <br /> Confluence Management Project will extend this whole river strategy to the Confluence, specifically <br /> to the Sanford Canal, Ephraim Ditch, and East Bend Ditch. <br /> . <br /> . HWY 160 AA <br /> Alamosa <br /> e , <br /> A <br /> .;✓. f <br /> HWY <br /> 285 <br /> A <br /> Manassa <br /> Conelos <br />