PUB00074

• Year: 1985
• Title: Construction Fund Annual Report 1985
• CWCB Section: Finance
• Author: CWCB
• Description: Construction Fund Annual Report 1985
• Publications - Doc Type: CF Annual Report

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COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
721 State Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203

January 15, 1985

LOUISVILLE RESERVOIR PROJECT

CITY OF LOUISVILLE

Introduction

The City of Louisville currently relies on Louisville
Reservoir for its winter water supply. The total capacity of
Louisville Reservoir is 171 acre-feet, although the useable
capacity is approximately 130 acre-feet. The present population
of the Cit~ of Louisville is 7400. ~e. l;J~ <1<'(6

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Louisville Reservoir was constructed in the late 1800s.
Although it has a decreed capacity of 290 acre-feet, lack of
maintenance and flaws in the original construction have reduced
the useable capacity to 130 acre-feet.

The City of Louisville has experienced more than a 200
percent population increase during the last decade. As a
consequence, the city's winter water supply is being taxed
to the limit. With continued growth in the area, the town will
need to expand its raw water storage capacity. The proposed
project would satisfy that need to the year 2010.

Feasibility Study

In January, 1981, the City of Louisville submitted an
application for financial assistance. The CWCB approved funding
for half of the cost of a feasibility study on the proposed
project. That study has now been completed by Rocky Mountain
Consultants, Inc., and is the basis of recommendations on this
project.

Proposed project

The project calls for a major reconstruction of the present
earthen structure. The project would consist of: (a) installa-
tion of a cutoff wall at the upstream toe to reduce seepage under
the embankment, (b) installation of an impervious blanket on the

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