BOARD00837

• Board Meeting Date: 9/13/2004
• Description: CF Section - New Loans - Bull Creek Reservoir, Canal & Power Company - Bull Creek Reservoir Nos. 1, 2 and Rehabilitation and Enlargement
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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ST A TE 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.U5

MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
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Kirk Russell, P.E. J
Mike Serlet, P.E., Chie~.4/ .
Water Supply Planning a';-dFinance Section

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

Russell George
Executive Director

FROM:

RodKuharich
CWCB Director

September 7, 2004

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 4d, September 14-15, 2004 Board Meeting
Water Supply Planning and Finance Section - New Loans
Bull Creek Reservoir, Canal & Power Company
Bull Creek Reservoir Nos. 1, 2 and 4 Rehabilitation & Enlargement

DATE:

Introduction

The Bull Creek Reservoir, Canal & Power Company (Company) is applying for a loan in the amount of
$594,000 from CWCB to rehabilitate and enlarge three (3) reservoirs in the Company's system of
storage facilities. The three reservoirs are located near the headwaters of Bull Creek in Mesa County
and are identified as Bull Creek Reservoir Nos.1, 2 and 4. The Bull Creek Reservoir Nos. 1, 2 and 4
Rehabilitation and Enlargement (Project) will include the planning; engineering; and construction
required to rehabilitate and enlarge these reservoirs. The Project is a necessary action by the Company
to comply with a Stipulation and Agreement dated October 31,2003, with the State Engineers Office
(SEO) that requires the Company to increase the storage capacity of the Company's reservoirs to avoid
abandonment of approximately 229 acre-feet of decreed water rights. See attached Project Data Sheet.

Backqround

The Company has operated five reservoirs (Bull Creek Reservoirs 1 through 5) for nearly 100 years.
This Project is the result of an agreement between the SEO/Division Engineer (Division 5) and the
Company to restore volume to three of the Company's reservoirs. The Project will:

1) Recover senior water rights effected by a Division Engineer 2001 filing for decennial
abandonment which claimed less storage existed than decreed absolute for Reservoir Nos. 1 &
No.2'
2) Remove a fill restriction imposed by the State Engineers Office (SEO) on Reservoir No.4, which
has also resulted in a filing by the Division Engineer for partial abandonment of senior water
rights.
3) Address the potential for additional fill restrictions of Reservoir No.4 due to seepage concerns,
which were identified by a 2003 dam safety inspection.

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