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<br />. <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Moonlight Lateral Project <br />Montezuma Valley Irrigation company <br /> <br />February. 1988 <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company (MVI) (Company) has <br />sUbmitted on February 17. 1988 an application for State funding <br />in the amount of $100.000. The Moonlight lateral provides <br />irrigation water to about 957 acres of land about 12 miles <br />northwest of the City of Cortez. in Montezuma County. <br /> <br />Problem <br /> <br />Irrigation water is presently by diverted from McPhee <br />Reservoir at the newly constructed Great Cut Dike. From here <br />water is carried in the MVI system about 1 1/2 miles where a <br />portion is diverted into the Moonlight Lateral. The Lateral is <br />experiencing excessive bank erosion and a major portion of the <br />sediment is transported downstream into sprinkler systems, farm <br />ditches. structures for water control. overnight storage ponds, <br />and other farm irrigation systems creating operational <br />problems. Problems are also created from seepage from the <br />Moonlight Lateral which piCk up salts as it travels through the <br />soil profile. Salinity concentration of this water may be as <br />high as 3,000 parts per million (mg/l). <br /> <br />Proposed Proiect <br /> <br />Soil Conservation Service (SCS) has studied the Moonlight <br />Lateral project under its RC and D program. Five alternative <br />plans were analyzed. The alternative that would install about <br />16,500 feet of concrete lined ditch and 13 structures to carry <br />drainage water under the new lateral ditch at an estimated cost <br />of about $352,000 was the preferred alternative plan. <br /> <br />Proposed Financinq <br /> <br />MVI has already spent about $65,000 as part of its share <br />for this project. Assuming that the cost of the project is as <br />indicated above then the financing proposed for this project is <br />as follows: <br /> <br />MVI cost share (already spent) <br />MVI cost share - additional <br />SCS funding (RC and D funds) <br />CWCB loan (to be paid by use charges) <br />Total <br /> <br />$ 65.000 <br /> <br />1.600 <br /> <br />185,200 <br />100,000 <br /> <br />$351.800 <br /> <br />6107E <br />