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structures, automation, and telemetry so that Sanford irrigators can know where their water is <br /> and so that DWR administration of stream flows can be greatly improved. <br /> This project addresses the need to stop the financial hemorrhage caused by these problems. <br /> The District has estimated a daily cost of over $13,000 in equivalent volumes of water "lost" to <br /> agriculture in this process, with inestimable eff cts upon wildlife, the environment, and the <br /> general economy. This project brings state- f-the-art 21St Century water management <br /> practices to the Sanford Canal, enabling the ompany to network and collaborate with <br /> neighboring ditch companies and with the Dist ict for overall benefit to themselves, to the <br /> District, and to the River, with injury to none. <br /> dotal h.Occ ( - <br /> EXISTING FACILITIES ..CAAA� ��(7414/4c. Pikk i_Inez". <br /> The Sanford core has essentially been washed away over the years. <br /> The Sanford headgate, made from 1/4" steel plate, has a double-sided gate arrangement, with <br /> the existing flume in useable shape. 7 <br /> NgADeR-76-s'Leuc- �A� 41- <br /> This project will install a new concrete core and diversion str ture with one automated radial <br /> gate and a slide gate stee s ructure.∎ our Parshall flumes and four stilling wel s will be added, <br /> and the entire Sanford system will be networked by telemetry to the Conejos Water <br /> Conservancy District's unified management system, significantly improving water management <br /> efficiency and joining the Sanford Canal into the District's Whole River Strategy. <br /> The structures to be replaced or upgraded by the Sanford Canal Company are as follows: <br /> Current rock-and-rubble diversion > Concrete core/diversion <br /> Non-existent control structures > Sluice and turnout structure <br /> Gates which operate poorly > One automated gate & 1 slide gate <br /> 4 flumes and stilling wells <br /> Gateway node and telemetry <br /> INJ NOTE — Due to the federal government shut-down in October, 2013, the Natural Resources <br /> Ea�a��,�" Conservation Service (NRCS) has notified Sanford Canal Company and the District that it will not <br /> 171444S / be able to deliver final structural drawings for several months, and not until it clears a <br /> significant backlog of its own internal work. This feasibility study anticipates no problem in <br /> finalizing the engineering drawings before the project begins. <br /> ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED <br /> Three alternatives have been considered for the above structures: (1) Do nothing; (2) Repair the <br /> existing structures; and (3) Remove all remnants of the old core structure and replace with a <br /> new concrete core with manufactured gates and appropriate electronic and measurement <br /> instruments and repair and automate the existing headgate. <br /> 12 Prepared by the Conejos Water Conservancy District, P.O. Box 550, Manassa, CO 81141 <br /> Per Contract:Nicole V.Langley,Transforma Research&Design(www.transformagrants.corn) <br />