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<br />COAL.CREEK <br /> <br />;~ <br /> <br />. ,,~ <br /> <br />Location: <br />On Coal Creek l.5t miles above Superior. <br /> <br />Sponsors: ~ <br />WaterBnd Power Resources Service and Coal Creek Basin <br />Water Users Association, Inc. <br /> <br />Primary Purpose of lhe Project <br />Municipal and Indust(lal water to serve louisville, <br />Lafayette, Superior . ,and Erie. <br /> <br />SeCondary Benefits: <br />Recreation and FIShery, <br /> <br />Hlslory and 8~ground: . " <br />The Coal Creek Basin Water ancl Sanl1ation Association <br />was fonnedafler"a meeting onSeplember5. 1968, <br />repnlS8t1ting . all water users In the basin. Since its <br />fonnation, the 'Association has completed: !l recon- <br />naissance report for Coal Creek Basin Water and Senita- <br />tion Association in 1969, a water resources study of <br /> <br />i;.. <br /> <br /> <br />Boulder C~eek and Coal Creek water rights In 1971: and a . <br />Project Formulation Study for the Coal Creek Basin Which <br />was completed in 1974, <br />.. These reports have basically conctUded: .' , <br />A: That a non-profit corpOrate entity be formed to aetas <br />an Interim Instrument to direct the immediate destiny <br />of the water resources of the Coal Creek region. This <br />. was done on November 4; 1974, <br />B, That the entity should: 1) pursue federal, state and <br />local grants, bonds ,and loan funding atlhe loweSt <br />possible interest raf8 for the capital funds required to'. <br />build the Coal Creek. Project, 2) ascertain Whether or <br />not and under what conditions the 'Denve~. Water <br />Department mightailow the entity to UlIlizeany-=ess., ' <br />capacity of the Water .Boarers S. 8Du/der :DIversIorr. <br />Canal: 3) undertake a "feasibility level~study to <br />ascertain tha final cost assocrated with the proposed <br />Coal Creek Dam.' . .' , . <br />Due to the Initial capital requirements for the Coal Creek . <br />Project, the State of Colorado through Its WaterConserva- <br />tion Board indicated that funds could not be made <br />available from that agency. Subsequently, the Bureau of <br />Reclamation (now the Water and Power Resources Ser- <br />vice) proceeded to study the feasibility of the Coal Creek <br />Dam and Reservoir Project under the "Front Range Unit <br />Colorado - Coal Creek Study." The Water ancl Power <br />Resources Service contemplates having a final draft of the <br />Coal Creek Feasibility Study available in 1981 and a <br />construction schedule of 1985 to 1990 is projected based <br />on Congressional authorization of funding between now <br />and 1985:' , ,,',. , <br />Physical Facts and Figures: <br />Height. length and type of dam: 140 feet, 2,530 feet: <br />zoned earthfill . <br />Storage capacity (A,F.) of reservoir. 13.llOO:!: acre feet <br />Shoreline and surface area: 4,5 miles - 307 acres at <br />5,706 teet ' <br /> <br />Average annual power generation: NI A <br />Population to be served: 50.000 people <br />Irrlgated8Cnl8 to be served: NlA " <br />estImated cost: Dam - $25.500,OOOf Project <br />$31,400.llOO:!: <br />Construction schedule: 1985 to 1990 (tentative). <br /> <br />.-.l <br /> <br />Proposed Sources of Funding: <br />Federal appropriations through specific authorization of <br />U.S, Congress to the Water and Power Resources Service <br />which would require contraClural agreement with local <br />entity for repaymenf, Falling Congressional approval, <br />funding win be 'requested from the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board. Farmers Home Loan Administration <br />and the Involved local communities. <br /> <br />For Further Information Contact <br />Noel Hobbs; P,E., Consulting Engineer <br />. Rocky Mountain Consultants, Inc. <br />4260 East Evans. Suite 7. Denver, CO 80222 <br />758-4532 <br /> <br />III <br />