BOARD00564

• Board Meeting Date: 1/23/2002
• Description: CF Section - Appleton ‎(ML 369)‎ Lateral and Drainage Corporation
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

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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.us

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MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

FROM:

John Van Sciver, P.E. (JWV)
Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief (/vis)
Water Supply Planning and Finance Section.

Rod Kuharich
eWeB Director

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

DATE: January 10, 2002

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 5., January 23-24, 2002 Board Meeting
Appleton Northwest (ML 369) Lateral & Drainage Corporation

Introduction
The Appleton Northwest (ML 369) Lateral & Drainage Corporation (ANLDC) is applying for a $100,000
loan to rehabilitate the Appleton Northwest Lateral. The estimated total cost of the project is $267,900.
. Please see the attached project summary and map.

Backqround
The ANLDC, located in Mesa County, operates the Appleton Northwest Lateral for the benefit of its
shareholders by providing delivery of water for irrigation within a 250-acre service area. The lateral is
located about 5 miles northwest of Grand Junction and is a carrier ditch for water from headgate 369
off the Main Line Grand Valley Canal (GVIC Main Line). The lateral consists of about 3.2 miles of
mostly dirt ditch in poor condition. Concrete portions of the ditch are cracked so that the ditch leaks
significantly, and areas of the system are prone to fiooding problems. The ANLDC plans to rehabilitate
the Lateral under the salinity program. An underground pipeline will replace the existing ditch.

Feasibility Studies
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has provided a preliminary engineering
evaluation and cost estimate for rehabilitation of the ditch. The feasibility study was completed by the
ANLDC and includes an evaluation of alternatives available for rehabilitation of the lateral.

The Appleton Northwest Lateral & Drainage Corporation
The ANLDC is a mutual ditch company and a non-profit corporation registered in the State of
Colorado. There are 28 shareholders and 28 shares of stock. The ANLDC has the power to set
annual assessments to be paid by the shareholders and the power to refuse to deliver water to
shareholders that fail to pay their assessments.

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Water Riqhts
The ANLDC owns no water rights. The Appleton Northwest Lateral is a carrier ditch for water
shares out of the GVIC Main Line. Shareholders of the ANLDC own a total of 254 GVIC shares,
equal to a total flow of approximately 2.65 cfs. (One GVIC share is equivalent to 0.4 Colorado
miners inch, or 4.675 gpm.) Total diversions are about 950 acre-feet per year.

Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Planning