BOARD01008

• Board Meeting Date: 1/27/2004
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

cfs to 500 cfs above the Weld Canal, utilize a specific reach of the Weld Canal to transport the 500 cfs, and
construct approximately 1.5 miles of new open channel from the Weld Canal to a designated point along Dry Creek,
located downstream of existing development. The proposed improvements would remove over 800 structures out of
the Dry Creek regulatory 100-year floodplain. The project is currently in the feasibility/preliminary design phase. .
Project loan approval was granted by the Board at the November 2001 Board Meeting. The project is tentatively
. on-hold pending fmal approval by the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County to go ahead with the loan.

6. Tilton Laterallncoroorated - Tilton Lateral Rehabilitation
Authorization: Small Project Loan
Water Source: GYlC Main1ain
Terms of Loan: $100,000 @ 3.5% for 30-years

County: Mesa
Project Yield: 960 acre-feet
Project Type: Lateral Rehabilitation

The Tilton Lateral is located off headgate No. 160 of the Grand Valley Irrigation Canal (GVIC), which is located in
southeast Grand Junction. The Tilton Lateral Company operates the lateral to supply 36 shareholders water to irrigate a
177-acre service area. The existing lateral is in poor condition and delivers only one half of its allocated water. The
project involves the construction of a new concrete inlet structure at the UP Railroad crossing, the placement of 2,500
linear feet of low head pipe, and the replacement of 10,000 linear feet of existing concrete ditch with high head pipe.
The project was designed by the NRCS Grand Junction Office and put out to bid in February of2003. Only one bid
was received at that time, which was rejected due to its high cost. The Tilton Lateral Company is currently working on
an alternative design with a private consultant to obtain a project that meets their available funds. Project is tentatively
scheduled to connnence in January of 2004.

7. Silt Water Conservancv District - Svstem Rehabilitation
Authorization: Construction Fund
Water Source: Colorado River
Terms of Loan: $1,019,700@2.75%for30-years

County: Garfield
Project Yield: 18,000 acre-feet
Project Type: System Rehabilitation

The Silt Water Conservancy District operates a system consisting of reservoirs, canals, pump plants, and irrigation
laterals varying in age from 50-1 DO-years old. Tbis project involves the rehabilitation of the Grass VaIley Canal, the
Harvey Gap Dam, the Rifle Gap Darn, and the Colorado Water River Pump Plant. The project is currently under design
and is scheduled for construction in 2004.

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8. Silt Water Conservancv District - Pump Plant Rehabilitation
Authorization: Construction Fund County: Garfield
Water Source: Colorado River Project Yield: n/a
Terms of Loan: $486,000 @2.75% for 30-years Project Type: n/a

The Silt Water Conservancy District operates a pump plant on the Colorado River to deliver water to its Pump
Canal, which serves agricultural users on the lower reaches of Silt Mesa. The pump plant was built in the 1960's
and is located 2 miles east of the Town of Silt. The current pumping plant has a capacity of 36 cfs and delivers
4,000 acre-feet per year. Excel Energy must replace the existing pump plant transformer due to an upgrade of
transmission line. Western Area Power Administration will design the project in 2003. The total project cost is
anticipated at $550,000. Construction is scheduled to connnence in 2004.

9. Kenosha Trout Club - Lininger Lake Dam Rehabilitation and Water Purchase
Authorization: SB 01-157 Severance Tax County: Park
Water Source: Beaver Creek Project Yield: 156 acre-feet
Terms of Loan: $600,000 @5.50% for 3D-years Project Type: Dam Rehabilitation

The Kenosha Trout Club is located 8 miles southwest of the Town of Grant, near Kenosha Pass. Lininger Lake,
which is used for fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes by subdivision residents, is supplied by a junior water right
that cannot be fiIled unless its consumptive use due to evaporation is replaced. 1)1e estimated average annual
divertible volume is 110 acre-feet, and the evaporative loss needing augmentation is 46 acre-feet. The Association
plans on purchasing senior water rights that are suitable for augmentation. Dam improvements include instaIling a
low-level outlet structure and raising the crest of the dam approximately 12-inches. Leonard Rice Consulting Water
Engineers completed the feasibility study. Dam improvements are tentatively scheduled for construction in the
winter/spring of 2004.

10. Colorado River Water Conservation District - Enlargement of Elkhead Reservoir
Authorization: Construction Fund County: Moffat and Routt
Water Source: Yampa Project Yield: 12,000 acre-feet

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