BOARD00336

• Board Meeting Date: 7/28/2003
• Description: CF Section - New Loans - Windsor Reservoir & Canal Company - Storage Recovery Project for Windsor Reservoir No. 8 and No. 8 Annex
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

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

MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

TO:

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Bruce Johnson, P.E. ~"y'r
Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief . ':J
Water Supply Plannin d Finance Section

FROM:

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

DATE: July 16, 2003

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 21a, July 28-29,2003 Board Meeting
Water Supply Planning and Finance Section - New Loans
Windsor Reservoir & Canal Company - Storage Recovery Project for
Windsor Reservoir No.8 and No.8 Annex

Introduction

The Windsor Reservoir & Canal Company (WRCC) is applying for a $675,000 Small Project Loan from
the Construction Fund to recover 620 acre-feet of storage in their Windsor Reservoir No. 8 and No. 8
Annex, by excavating and removing up to 1,000,000 cubic yards of sediment. The estimated total cost
of the project is $750,000. Please see the attached project summary and map.

Backoround

The WRCC service area extends from their Cache la Poudre diversion north of Fort Collins east to
near the town of Galeton northeast of Greeley, generally bounded by the Eaton Ditch and the
Greeley Ditch No, 2 Ditch. The total area encompassed is about 86,000 acres, providing water for
irrigation for about 55,000 acres. The service area.is in eastern Larimer County and western Weld
County with most of the reservoir structures located in Larimer County and most of the irrigated
land in Weld County. WRCC typically uses about 31,000 acre-feet to irrigate the 55,000 acres.

WRCC owns 6 reservoirs (Big Windsor, Windsor Res. No.8, No.8 Annex, Elder, Douglas, and
Cobb) and about 25 miles of ditch known as the Poudre Valley Canal extending from the Cache La
Poudre River (US 287 and SH 14) to Cobb Lake. Another reservoir, Thompson Reservoir, was
recently abandoned. WRCC also owns a one-third interest in the Water Tunnel Company that
diverts water from the Laramie River (coming out of Chambers Lake) into the Cache La Poudre
River. Reservoir NO.8 was purchased in 1911. WRCC water is delivered to users through two
ditches, the Larimer and Weld Ditch (Eaton Ditch), and the Greeley No.2 Ditch, both who pay
annual assessments to WRCC.

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