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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />9/30/82 <br />eWCB <br /> <br />Potential Projects <br /> <br />Bear Reservoir <br /> <br />The Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District is the entity <br />propos ing the cons truct ion of Bear Reservo i r, wh ich is to be <br />located on the Yampa river, approximately 18 miles south of <br />Steamboat Springs. The District has already contracted with <br />Colorado-Ute Electric Association to do a feasibility study of <br />the project at an approximate cost of $30,000. The study, which <br />is expected to follow CWCB guidelines, should be ready sometime <br />in October. <br /> <br />The total reservoir capacity of the proposed project would <br />be 33,000 AF out of which about 30,000 AF would be active storage <br />and about 3,000 AF dead storage to be used as a minimum pool for <br />recreational purposes. The total project cost is expected to be <br />about $12,000,000. <br /> <br />Broomfield Great Western Reservoir <br /> <br />The City of Broomfield has been advised by the State <br />Engineer's Office that the spillway on its Great Western Dam <br />needs to be enlarged in order to be in compliance with the <br />National Dam Safety Act. The City has retained Hydro-Triad Ltd. <br />to prepare a feasibility study on this project. <br /> <br />preliminary information from the engineer and city <br />representative is that this project will only be feasible if the <br />raw water storage capacity is increased in conjunction with <br />enlarging the spillway. The anticipated plan is to raise the <br />existing dam by about 27 feet and increase the reservoir capacity <br />of 3,600 acre-feet to 9,100 acre-feet. The estimated cost of <br />this project is about 4 million dollars. <br /> <br />Buckeye Reservoir <br /> <br />The Buckeye Reservoir repairs and rehabilitation were <br />authorized and funded to the extent of $100,000 in S.B. 439 (1981 <br />Session). The damsite is located in the extreme western portion <br />of Montrose County and is in the Manti-La Sa1 National Forest. <br />The project provides for improvements of outlet works, increase <br />of spillway capacity and dam embankment repairs. It is included <br />in the State Engineer's list of dams requiring rehabilitation. <br /> <br />In order to establish design paramaters and also investigate <br />the general condition of the structure, the soils engineering <br />firm of Lincoln DeVore was asked to carry out a subsurface <br />investigation and stability analysis of the embankment. From <br /> <br />222 <br />nci/fs <br />