Memorandum Director's Report Attachment 03/07/2000

• Board Meeting Date: 3/7/2000
• Description: Director's Report Attachment March 20-21, 2000 Board Meeting Water Supply Planning and Finance Section Design and Construction Status Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Excelsior Irrigating Company-Excelsior Ditch Rehabilitation
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Authorization: SB 97-008 County: Pueblo—E of Pueblo
Water Source: Arkansas River Project Yield: 4,250 ac.ft.
Terms of Loan: $251,125 @ 3.75% for 30 yrs Project Type: Ditch Rehabilitation
This $335,000 project is the re-construction of approximately 2 miles of open ditch, which
has previously been abandoned and farmed over. Also included in the project is the construction of
several pump stations for water delivery. The project is located in Pueblo County 10 miles east of
Pueblo. Project design was prepared by the Pueblo Office of the Natural Resource Conservation
Service, Ralph Adkins, P.E. of Pueblo, Irrigation Engineering of Alamosa and Hendrooke
Sprinklers of Ft. Collins. Project construction commenced by the owner and several sub-
contractors in May 1998 and was originally scheduled for completion in the fall of 1999. Flooding
damaged the project area during the summer of 1999 that has delayed the project's completion
schedule until the summer of 2000.
Silt Water Conservancy District — Colorado River Diversion Structure
Authorization: 98-Small Project Loan Account County: Garfield- S. of Silt
Water Source: Colorado River Project Yield: 13,602 ac. ft.
Terms of Loan: $100,000 @3.75% for 20 years Project Type: Diversion Structure
• The Grand River Canal diversion structure is located on the Colorado River, approximately 1.5
miles southeast from the Town of Silt. Water is diverted into the existing structure by means of a
600-ft. long earthern/gravel embankment that extends across the Colorado River. Under its present
configuration, the earthern diversion dike is extremely vulnerable to seasonal flooding and is
routinely rebuilt on an annual basis. To eliminate this annual maintenance and environmental
problem, the selected improvement is to construct a new $175,000 concrete diversion and headgate
structure approximately 1000-ft. upstream of the existing diversion structure. The irrigation water
would then be conveyed in a 42" HDPE low head irrigation pipe for approximately 940-ft. to the
existing canal. The project was designed by the NRCS Glenwood Springs office and the
construction contract was awarded to Meldor Construction,Breckenridge, Colorado. Construction
commenced in February 2000, and is approximately 60% complete. The project is scheduled for
completion in April of 2000.
Palisade, Town of—Cottonwood Creek Pipeline Rehabilitation
Authorization: HB 95-1155 County: Mesa—SE of Palisade
Water Source: Cottonwood Creek Project Yield: 2,210 ac.ft.
Terms of Loan: $750,000 @ 4.0% for 30 years Project Type: Pipeline Replacement
This $975,000 project is the replacement of 22,000 linear feet of the Town of Palisades
Cottonwood Creek pipeline. The proposed pipeline will be a 14-inch diameter ductile iron pipe
from the outlet pipe on Cabin Reservoir to an existing pipe 5,300 feet upstream of the Town's
• water treatment plant. The pipe will be installed along the access road that runs through the narrow
rocky canyon of Cottonwood Creek. Del-Mont Consultants, Inc. of Montrose, CO. completed the
design plans and construction specifications in the Spring of 1999. The construction contract was
awarded to Western Slope Utilities, Inc. of Breckenridge, Colorado. Construction commenced in