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41/4 DNR COLORADO <br /> CO % Colorado Water <br /> Conservation Board Replacement of the Horse Creek Flume <br /> Fort Lyon Canal Company <br /> Substantially Complete April 1, 2016 <br /> *rip 1'I ' '' 4 .2. .. <br /> / i... <br /> ' <br /> ' ',4,-,,,,,,,,,,, 8\\t'- <br /> _ <br /> • <br /> 0. <br /> r <br /> . <br /> ,.. <br /> Project Description <br /> The Horse Creek Flume has been in operation since 1938. The flume is a 400- foot- long, 10- foot- <br /> diameter, elevated steel pipe located on the Fort Lyon Canal where it crosses Horse Creek, approximately <br /> 10 miles northeast of La Junta and about 8 miles west of Las Animas, in Bent County, Colorado. <br /> Evaluations by multiple professional engineers found the flume to be in extremely poor condition and in <br /> need of immediate replacement. Failure of the flume, designed to convey 1800 cfs, could result in the loss <br /> of more than 50 million in crop revenue and loss of supply to more than 14, 000 acres of wildlife habitat in <br /> the downstream Queens and Thurston State Wildlife Areas. The flume was replaced with new 10-foot <br /> diameter pipe, tied into rehabilitated inlet and outlet works. <br /> PROJECT DATA <br /> Sponsor: Fort Lyon Canal County: Otero, Bent, Prowers Water Source: Horse Creek <br /> Company <br /> Type of Project: Ditch Rehabilitation Board Approval Date: September 2015 <br /> Terms of Loan: 1.75% for 30 years (Original) $1,629,130 (Final) $1,542,296 <br /> Design Engineer: SM&RC Structural Engineers, Inc. <br /> Contractor: Maltz Construction, Inc. <br /> Project Elements: Replacement of elevated flume structure, repair of inlet and outlet works <br /> Water Project Loan Program - Project Summary <br />