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<br />4IJ PROBLEM <br /> <br />A dam safety inspection was conducted on the Rio Grande Dam <br /> <br /> <br />by Bruns, Inc. in 1978. The resulting report stated that this <br /> <br /> <br />dam was "seriously Inadequate" and "unsafe" due to an inadequate <br /> <br /> <br />spillway and possible Instability of the embankment. The State <br /> <br /> <br />Engineer has subsequently directed the owners to correct these <br /> <br /> <br />deficiencies. <br /> <br />CURRENT STATUS <br /> <br />In 1979, S.B. 537 authorized $90,000 from the construction <br /> <br /> <br />fund for interim repairs, this sum to be repaid to the Board. <br /> <br /> <br />After the emergency interim repairs to the dam had been <br /> <br /> <br />completed, the district requested funding for a feasibility study <br /> <br /> <br />to determine the ultimate solution to rehabilitating the dam. <br /> <br /> <br />About 90 percent of that study was funded by the Board. It was <br /> <br /> <br />completed by W. W. Wheeler & Associates, Inc., a consulting <br /> <br /> <br />engineering firm from Englewood, Colorado, and is the basis for <br /> <br /> <br />the recommendation on this project. <br /> <br />PROPOSED PROJECT <br /> <br />The feasibility study lists three alternatives for <br /> <br /> <br />correcting the deficiencies of the Rio Grande Dam. They are as <br /> <br /> <br />follows: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-2- <br />