BOARD00528

• Board Meeting Date: 3/24/2003
• Description: CF Section - Lake Meredith Reservoir Company
• 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

Bill Owens
Governor

MEMORANDUM

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

TO:

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

FROM:

John Van Sciver, P.E. ...::::n..u V
Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief.#'/ r
Water Supply Planning.;mrtinance Section.

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

DATE:

March 12,2003

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 24c., March 24-26, 2003 Board Meeting
Lake Meredith Reservoir Company

Introduction
The Lake Meredith Reservoir Company (LMRC) is applying for a $1,000,000 Small Project Loan
to relocate 5 miles of outlet canal so the Company can use an additional 18,000 acre-feet of
storage in Lake Meredith. The estimated total cost of the project is $1,524,860. Please see the
attached project summary and map.

Backaround
The Lake Meredith Reservoir Company, located in Crowley County, provides water storage for
municipal, agricultural, and other beneficial uses. The Reservoir is located about 3 miles
southeast of Ordway. It has a capacity of 41 ,000 acre-feet and is filled by the Colorado Canal with
headgate on the Arkansas River. The dam is a Class 2 structure, 30 feet in height. The reservoir
is formed in a natural depression from which an outlet channel was excavated to allow
operation for water storage. The outlet channel is approximately 5 miles long from the dead
pool to the outlet gate structure. Over time sediment has washed into Lake Meredith and has
filled in the channel, obstructing releases from the reservoir whenever the storage is lower than
17,000 to 18,000 acre-feet. The purpose of the channel reconstruction project is to replace the
existing channel with a new channel that can access the entire reservoir storage, and which is
designed to avoid future sedimentation problems. .

Feasibility Studies
Steffens and Associates. Inc., has completed the Feasibility Study, which includes an evaluation
of alternatives available for relocation the outlet canal.

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