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<br />I <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX: (303) 866-4474 <br />www.cwcb.state.co.ll5 <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />Bruce Johnson, P.E, ~ 8-~'/'- , <br />Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief ?/fl' <br />Water Supply Planning and Inance Section <br /> <br />Rod Kuharich <br />eWeB Director <br /> <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />March 5, 2004 <br /> <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 25c, March 16-17,2004 Board Meeting <br />Water Supply Planning and Finance Section - New Loans <br />North Poudre Irrigation Company - Reservoir #1 (Miner's Lake) <br />Rehabilitation <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The North Poudre Irrigation Company (NPIC) is applying for a $608,000 loan from the Severance Tax <br />Trust Fund Perpetual Base Account, to rehabilitate the Reservoir #1 (Miner's Lake) dam and to remove <br />silt to reclaim the decreed reservoir capacity. The estimated total cost 01 the project is $760,000. <br />Please see the attached project summary and map. <br /> <br />Backaround <br /> <br />The North Poudre Irrigation Company (NPIC), located in Larimer County owns and operates <br />Reservoir NO.1 (Miner's Lake) as an irrigation water storage reservoir for the benefit of its <br />shareholders. The reservoir has excellent storage decrees dating from 1881 and 1888. These <br />decrees allow NPIC to store 674 acre-feet of water in the reservoir at full capacity. An additional <br />later decree (1945) allows for one refilling of the reservoir. The dam was constructed in the 1880's. <br />Currently the reservoir is under restriction from the State Engineer's Office (SEO) because of aging <br />outlet works, inadequate spillway, and seepage at the toe of the dam. Under the current restriction <br />the reservoir capacity is approximately 257 acre-feet. NPIC wishes to make the repairs necessary <br />to bring the reservoir to full capacity rather than risk losing their storage rights. The existing dam is <br />a Class 2 rated dam, and has a length of 800 feet, a maximum height of 18 feet, a crest width of 14 <br />feet, and an existing spillway width of 15 feet. <br /> <br />Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Plaruting <br />