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<br />APPLICATION FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY <br />SUMMIT RESERVOIR AND IRRIGATION COMPANY <br /> <br />December 2, 1982 <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The Summit Reservoir and Irrigation Company (Company) was <br />created in 1907 for the purpose of providing irrigation water to <br />its shareholders. The Company has. 400 shares of water, 110 water <br />shareholders, and is run by 3 people who are elected yearly to <br />the Board of Directors. <br /> <br />Summit Reservoir is located in Montezuma County, off State <br />Highway 184, about 20 miles northeast of the City of Cortez. <br />The reservoir gets IroSt of its stored water from Turkey Creek and <br />Lost Canyon Creek, which drain off the San Juan mountains. <br /> <br />PROJECT <br /> <br />The original Summit Dam was constructed in 1905. In 1936 <br />the dam was enlarged to its present size and the north outlet <br />works were constructed. In 1937 the present spillway was <br />constructed on the south end of the dam. In 1939 a slide of a <br />segment of the dam necessitated further improvements, including <br />drains and repairs to the embankment. <br /> <br />The Summit Dam has a height of 45 feet, a crest width of 10 <br />feet, and a crest length of about 7,500 feet including dikes. <br />The reservoir is an off channel reservoir and has a normal <br />maximum storage capacity of about 6,000 acre-feet. In an <br />inspection report prepared in September, 1978, by Hydro-Triad <br />Consulting Engineers, the dam was classified as having a high <br />potential for damage. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />It is the desire of the Company to conduct a feasibility <br />study to identify present deficiencies and to determine the costs <br />and feasibility of repairing the existing structure in order to <br />continue using the water for irrigation purposes. The <br />improvements, as they have been preliminarily identified by the <br />Company's consulting engineer, include abandonment of the <br />reservoir's upper outlet works, possible grouting, embankment <br />crest survey, cost and location of filter material for a blanket, <br />and measuring existing seepage of the south embankment. <br /> <br />The requested feasibility study is expected to cost up to <br />$8,000. The Distr ict is aSking for Board funds for 50% of the <br />cost. The project, as is being proposed, would be in accordance <br />with 37-60-121(1)(b)(II), Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, as <br />amended. <br /> <br />(over) <br /> <br />122 <br />sr/fs <br />