BOARD00318

• Board Meeting Date: 11/19/2001
• Description: CF Section - Construction Fund New Loans Owl Creek Reservoir Company - Owl Creek Reservation Rehabilitation
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.u5

STATE OF COLOMDO

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MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor
Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director
Rod Kuharich
eWeB Diredor
Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

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Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Tim Feehan, P.E., Water Supply Planning and Finance SectionCjff
John Van Sciver, P.E., Water Supply Planning and Finance se~flJ.."::J,UIJ5
Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief, Water Supply Planning and Finance sec~J

November 9, 2001

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Agenda Item 22E, November 19-20, 2001 Board Meeting
Water Supply Planning and Finance - Construction Fund New Loans
Owl Creek Reservoir Company - Owl Creek Reservoir Rehabilitation

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Introduction

Owl Creek Reservoir Company!J. Gale and Valerie A. Moody are applying for a
$1,125,000 agricultural loan from the Construction Fund to rehabilitate Owl Creek
Reservoir.

The purpose of the loan is to rehabilitate the existing reservoir to provide for the storage
of approximately 1,200 acre. feet of water generated from surface runoff from the upper
Owl Creek basin. The water stored in the reservoir will be used to inigate
approximately 1,200 acres of various cropland located downstream of the facility.

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Owl Creek Reservoir is located in Weld County, Colorado, approximately 6 miles east
and 3 miles north of the Town of Ault. The reservoir is more specifically located in
Sections 25 and 35, Township 8 North, Range 65 West of the 6th Principal Meridan,

The reservoir was originally constructed in 1896 to store water for inigation. The source
of water for the reservoir is generated from surface runoff from the Owl Creek basin,
which is comprised of the Eastman, Little Owl, and Robinson Creeks tributaries,
encompassing over 160 square miles of drainage area. The average flow in Owl Creek
ranges from I to 10 cfs. The dam was originally constructed of a granular material, that

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