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<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board
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<br />Department of Natural Resources
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<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 M E M 0 RAN DUM
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone, (303) 866-3441
<br />FAK (303) 866-4474
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<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
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<br />John Van Sciver, p.'2'::T!:-f<'S'
<br />Mike Serlet, P,E., Chiefflf-J ,
<br />Water Supply Planning and Finance Section.
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<br />Bill Owens
<br />Governor
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<br />FROM:
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<br />Greg E. Walcher
<br />Executive Director
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<br />Peter H. Evans
<br />ewes Director
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<br />DATE:
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<br />January 14, 2000
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<br />Dan McAuliffe
<br />Deputy Director
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<br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 13a., January 26-27, 2000 Board Meeting
<br />Silt Water Conservancy District
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<br />Introduction
<br />The Silt Water Conservancy District (SWCD) is applying for a $100,000 Small Project loan to
<br />rehabilitate the District's diversion structure on the Colorado River. The estimated total cost of the
<br />project is $164,400, Please see the attached project summary and map,
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<br />Backaround
<br />The SWCD, located in Garfield County, operate!> Silt Project facilities for the benefit of the District
<br />landowners/shareholders by providing direct floW and storage of irrigation water, The Silt Project
<br />includes several principle features: Rifle Gap Dam and Reservoir, Harvey Gap Dam and
<br />Reservoir, Grass Valley Canal, Davie Ditch, a pumping plant, a lateral system, and other
<br />associated features, The SWCD diversion on the Colorado River consists of a gravel dam, This
<br />diversion is damaged annually during spring runoff, and is expensive to maintain, The SWCD
<br />wants to replace this diversion with a new permanent structure,
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<br />The District needs to reconstruct the diversion in early 2000, prior to the irrigation season, The
<br />project has been designed, and bid for constnJction, Delaying the project until fall 2000 could
<br />result in an undue hardship on the borrower,
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<br />Feasibility Studies
<br />The SWCD has worked with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Glenwood
<br />Springs office, to conduct a feasibility study, The study was completed January 2000 and includes
<br />an assessment of altematives available for rehabilitation of the river diversion,
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<br />The Silt Water Conservancy District
<br />The SWCD was formed and decreed June 3, 1957 under the "Water Conservancy Act" of the
<br />Sate of Colorado (C,R.S, 1953, 149-6-1 to 149-6-43), There are 305 landowners and 13,384
<br />acre-feet delivered by the District. The SWCD has the power to set annual assessments and
<br />taxes to be paid by District landowners. Assessments and taxes are collected through the
<br />Office of the County Treasurer, in the same manner in which property taxes are collected,
<br />Unpaid assessments become a tax lien on lands within the District. The SWCD delivers water
<br />to a 5,915-acre service area located in the vicinity of the Town of Silt.
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