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<br />_.!. <br /> <br />to- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />e. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />721 Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX: (303) 866-4474 <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />,,'1'v- <br />0'" ~ <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />James S. Lochhead <br />Executive Director, DNR <br />DariesC. Lile. P.E. <br />Director, eweB <br /> <br />TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />FROM: John Van Sciver <br /> <br />DATE: February 27, 1998 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 22. March 10-11, 1998, Board Meeting- <br />Groundwater Appropriators of the South Platte <br /> <br />Approval of a Construction Fund Authorization in amount of $1. 1M for <br />construction of the Sedgwick Augmentation Reservoir. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />This item received preliminary consideration at the November 24, 1997 CWCB meeting, General <br />consensus was that this was an important project, since it dealt with South Platte River compact <br />issues, For this reason, the CWCB approved a grant in amount of $5,000 to assist with <br />completion of the feasibility study, <br /> <br />In summary, Groundwater Appropriators of the South Platte (GASP), with offices in Fort <br />Morgan, submitted an application for funding from the Construction Fund, to construct a new <br />off-stream reservoir, approximately 3 miles east of the Town of Sedgwick, in Sedgwick County <br />(see attached map,) The total cost of the reservoir is $1. 7 million, and GASP is requesting to <br />borrow that amount. The reservoir would have a capacity of about 2200 acre-feet, and would be <br />used to help augment the South Platte River during the time the compact with Nebraska is in <br />force , <br /> <br />Tuttle Applegate, Inc, has completed the feasibility study, and portions are attached, To date, <br />Gasp has spent over $50,000 in site evaluation and completion of the feasibility study, With the <br />exception of the $5,000 CWCB grant, these preliminary costs are being paid for entirely by <br />GASP, <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The project involves construction of an augmentation reservoir that would be used to help meet <br />Colorado's compact obligation on the South Platte River. If the compact flow amount is not met <br />