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. . . 111 Water Supply Planning and Finance Section Design and Construction Status Report The CWCB Water Supply Planning and Finance Section has completed 10 projects in FY 00-01. Currently we have II projects under construction and 16 projects in the design phase. The attached spreadsheet summarizes project status including budget, construction schedule, and progress to date. During this current reporting period 4 projects were completed. The attached progress report briefly outlines all active project design and construction information and progress to date. Projects under Construction 1. Excelsior lrrigating Company - Excelsior Ditch Rehabilitation Authorization: SB 97-008 Water Source: Arkansas River Tenns of Loan: $251,125 @3.75%for30yrs County: Pueblo - E of Pueblo Project Yield: 4,250 ac.ft. Project Type: Ditch Rehabilitation This $335,000 project is the re-construction of approximately 2 miles of open ditch. which has previously been abandoned and farmed over. Also included in the project is the construction of several pump stations for water delivery. The project is located in Pueblo County 10 miles east of Pueblo. Project design was prepared by the Pueblo Office of the Natural Resource Conservation Service, Ralph Adkins, P.E. of Pueblo, Irrigation Engineering of Alamosa and Hendrooke Sprinklers ofFt. Collins. Project construction connnenced by the owner and several sub-contractors in May 1998 and was originally scheduled for completion in the fall of 1999. Flooding damaged the project area during the sununer of 1999 that has delayed the project's completion schedule until the fall/winter of 200 1. 2. Otero Ditch Company - Diversion Structure Rehabilitation Authorization: SB Water Source: Arkansas River Tenns of Loan: $155,000 @4.0% for 30 yrs County: Otero - N.W. of Fowler Project Yield: 20,687 ac.ft. Project Type: Diversion Structure The Otero Ditch Company diverts water directly from the Arkansas River approximately I-mile northwest of the Town of Fowler. The existing diversion structure and right abutment were washed out during flooding in April and May of 1999. This $620,000 project involves stabilizing 2000 I.f. of streambank, the construction of a 182-ft. long concrete diversion wall, 3-ft. high with a I1-ft. wide concrete stilling basin, and a new concrete outlet control structure with a 20-ft wide by 8-ft. high opening. The Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), who is additionally funding 75% of the total construction cost, designed the project. Schrepfer Industries, from Trinidad, Colorado, commenced construction in January of 2000 and have completed the work. The Otero Ditch Company is currently operating the new outlet and diversion structures. Project substantial completion is tentatively scheduled for June I, 2001. 3. Ute Water Conservancy District - Plateau Creek Pipeline Authorization: SB 88-30 County: Mesa - E of Palisade Water Source: Grand Mesa Drainage Project Yield: 7,200 ac.ft. Tenns of Loan: $27,600,000 @ 5% for 30 years Project Type: Pipeline Construction This $55,000,000 project is the replacement of an existing IS-mile pipeline providing water to the Ute Water Conservancy District. The District provides water to 55,000 people, or more than half of the Grand Valley population. Camp, Dresser, & McKee, Inc. of Denver has completed final design and construction contract documents for Phase II of the project. Phase I of the project, placement of the lower 8,000 linear foot of the pipeline, conunenced in February by ERS Constructors, Inc. of Sedalia, CO. and was completed in May 1999. Phase II involves the installation of 26,000-ft. of 48" waterline pipe, 29,500-ft. of 54" waterline pipe, and the construction of 13,500-ft. of 10' diameter tunnel. A joint venture between Barnard Construction, Inc. of Bozeman, Montana and Aftholder Construction, Inc. of Chesterfield, Missouri was awarded the construction contract for