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<br />II <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />'--::') <br /> <br />LONE TREE RESERVOIR PROJECT, Continued <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />Most of the work required is to make the dam and spillway safe <br /> <br />important now than they were in earlier years because in the recent <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I,' <br />It! <br /> <br />during the 500-year flood. The safety aspects of the dam are more <br /> <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />past, several new residences have been built downstream of the dam <br /> <br />and breeching of the dam now would cause serious damage, .whereas <br /> <br />before, the damage would have been minimal. <br /> <br />CURRENT STATUS <br /> <br />In August of 1978, the Consolidated Home Supply Ditch and <br /> <br />Reservoir Company submitted an application to the Colorado Water <br /> <br />Conservation Board (CwCB) for assistance in correcting deficiencies in <br /> <br />the Lone Tree Reservoir. No action was taken by the CWCB at that time <br /> <br />due to lack of funds. Subsequent to that time, the U. S. Corps of <br /> <br />Engineers and the State Division of Vater Resources authorized a con- <br /> <br />sulting engineering firm to prepare an updated safety inspection report <br /> <br />on Lone Tree Dam and Reservoir. This report, prepared by Bovay Engi- <br /> <br />neers, Inc., recommended even more corrective work on the dam and <br /> <br />reservoir than the company had been directed to do by the State Engi- <br /> <br />neer's Office previously. In October, 1979, the Deputy State Engineer <br /> <br />wrote the company a letter detailing the corrective work that would <br /> <br />have to be done before the storage restriction on the reservoir would <br /> <br />be lifted. Due to the scope of the required work, the company has <br /> <br />once again called upon the C1~CB for financial assistance,. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-2- <br />