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Orchard Ranch Ditch Company Agenda Item 18a <br /> January 25-26, 2016 Board Meeting(Updated January 27, 2016) <br /> Page 3 of 5 <br /> Water Rights <br /> The Company has the following decreed water rights: <br /> TABLE 1: WATER RIGHTS <br /> Name Amount Appropriation Adjudication <br /> Date Date <br /> Orchard Ranch Ditch 5.7 cfs 5/9/1883 6/17/1889 <br /> Orchard Ranch Ditch 6.45 cfs 6/17/1889 9/28/1907 <br /> Orchard Ranch Ditch 10 cfs 6/1/1920 1/31/1964 <br /> In addition to the Company's water deliveries based on water rights, the system delivers additional <br /> water from upstream reservoirs to shareholders that own such storage rights. Annual deliveries have <br /> ranged from about 2,500 to 3,000 acre-feet, three quarters being natural stream flows and one quarter <br /> being storage water. All water is routed through the Company's main diversion structure on Surface <br /> Creek. <br /> Project Description <br /> The Company considered the following Project alternatives: <br /> Alternative 1 - Do Nothing: This alternative was considered undesirable since the Company would <br /> then be unable to leverage 90% in Federal grant funding to accomplish both the system- <br /> modernizing goals of the Company and the salt loading reduction goals of the USBR. <br /> Selected Alternative 2 - Pipe the ditch and portions of four laterals: The Project will replace <br /> approximately 8,260 feet of earthen main canal and 2,560 feet of earthen laterals with <br /> underground pipe. In some sections multiple pipes lying side by side will be used instead of a <br /> single pipe in order to better manage and control water distribution to shareholders. In all, <br /> approximately 16,660 feet of pipe will be laid. A new headgate and screening structure will be <br /> constructed at the inlet of the piping system. The existing diversion in the creek and spillway are <br /> functioning well and will be modified slightly to connect to the new piped system. <br /> Costs for the selected alternative are shown in the following table: <br /> TABLE 2: ESTIMATED PROJECT COST <br /> Task Cost <br /> Design $ 95,780 <br /> NEPA Compliance and Cultural Resources $ 23,900 <br /> Construction $ 1,197,290 <br /> Construction Management $ 47,890 <br /> Habitat Replacement $ 59,860 <br /> A-133 Federal Audit $ 6,000 <br /> Total $ 1,430,720 <br /> Permitting: No permitting issues are anticipated. <br /> Schedule: The Company plans to start engineering design upon approval and contracting of USBR <br /> Salinity Program funding anticipated in early 2016. The construction phase is anticipated in early 2017, <br />