BOARD01554

• Board Meeting Date: 3/16/2004
• Description: CF Section - Changes to Existing Loans - Mildred L. Rothe, Well Augmentation/Recharge Project
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

Memorandum

Bill Owens
Governor

Russell George
Executive Director

TO:

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

FROM:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Tim Feehan, P.E., project~ana er cj;;t
Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief, of[)
Water Supply Planning anil 111~Section

DATE: March 4,2004

SUBJECT: Agenda Item No. 26a, March 16-17, 2004, Board Meeting
Water Supply Planning and Finance - Changes to Existing Loans
Mildred L. Rothe, Well AugmentationJRecharge Project

INTRODUCTION
Mildred Rothe is requesting an increase of $25,977 to her July 2003 authorization of $353,482
for the Rothe Augmentation Plan. The requested loan increase is due to cost overruns incurred
during construction of the project.

BACKGROUND
At the July 2003 board meeting, the Colorado Water Conservation Board approved a loan to
Mildred Rothe in the amount of $353,482, from the Construction Fund. The $353,482 loan
authorization was for the construction of the Rothe Augmentation Plan, consisting of 3 recharge
wells, 2 augmentation wells, 3 separate pipelines, and various recharge sites.

The Rothe Farm is located in Morgan and Weld Counties, approximately 7 miles north of the Town
of Wiggins. The purpose of the Rothe Augmentation Plan was to generate augmentation water or
credits to be used to offset its depletions caused by 17 wells serving 3,055 irrigated acres. The
augmentation credits generated by the plan will protect the Rothe Farm from possible curtailment of
their wells, and therefore strengthen the Ground Water Appropriators of the South Platte (GASP)
ability to provide coverage in that same area of the river.

Brent Nation, P.E., of Nation Engineering Services, completed the feasibility study for the project in
June of2003.

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