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<br />The District's WETPACK (Water for Everyones Tomorrow Package) proposal is intended to better
<br />manage the available resources of the Dolores Project to provide an additional 3,300 acre-feet of water for
<br />the fishery below McPhee Dam, increase municipal water supplies, and to provide water of the irrigation of
<br />additional lands, This project involves a system of pipelines , pumps, and related facilities to deliver water to
<br />the District's Dove Creek Canal system for the irrigation of 4,000 acres of new lands that are presently dry
<br />land farmed, Water will be delivered to irrigators in pipes under pressure for sprinkler irrigation only,
<br />Harris Water Engineers, of Durango, Colorado, is the planning and design consultant for the project,
<br />Construction is tentatively scheduled to commence in the summer of 2002,
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<br />10, Kenosha Trout Club - Lininger Lake Dam Rehabilitation and Water Purchase
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<br />Authorization:
<br />Water Source:
<br />Terms of Loan:
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<br />SB 01-157 Severance Tax
<br />Beaver Creek
<br />$600,000 @5,50% for 30-years
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<br />County: Park
<br />Project Yield: 156 acre-feet
<br />Project Type: Dam Rehabilitation
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<br />The Kenosha Trout Club is located 8 miles southwest of the Town of Grant, near Kenosha Pass,
<br />Lininger Lake, which is used for fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes by subdivision residents, is supplied
<br />by a junior water right that cannot be filled unless its consumptive use due to evaporation is replaced, The
<br />estimated average annual divertable volume is 110 acre-feet, and the evaporative loss needing augmentation
<br />is 46 acre-feet. The Association plans on purchasing senior water rights that are suitable for augmentation,
<br />Dam improvements include installing a low-level outlet structure and raising the crest of the dam
<br />approximately 12-inches, Leonard Rice Consulting Water Engineers completed the feasibility study, Dam
<br />improvements are tentatively scheduled for construction ifthe fall of 2002,
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<br />11, Supplv Irrigation Ditch Companv - Knoth Reservoir Dam Rehabilitation
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<br />Authorization:
<br />Water Source:
<br />Terms of Loan:
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<br />St, Vralll Creek
<br />$1,700,000 @3,50% for 30-years
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<br />County: Boulder- N,E, of Lyons
<br />Project Yield: 9,500 acre-feet
<br />Project Type: Dam Rehabilitation
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<br />The Supply Irrigation Ditch Company is proposing to rehabilitate the Knoth Reservoir for use as an
<br />equalizer, and for storage under a conditional decree for 542 acre-feet, The average annual volume diverted
<br />now is 9,500 acre-feet, which will be increased to 10,040 acre-feet with the project improvements in place,
<br />The planned improvements include, reshaping the upstream face of the dams and the placement of clay,
<br />lllstallation of a toe drain, construction of 200 foot long spillway, placement of rip rap, raislllg the dam crest
<br />on both dams to gage height 30-ft" removal of two abandoned outlets, and the repair of the existing outlet to
<br />a good worklllg condition, The proposed improvements are belllg designed by Smith Geotechnical, of Fort
<br />Collins, Colorado, and are planned to be constructed III the fall of 2002,
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<br />12, Cedar Mesa Ditch and Reservoir Companv - Cedar Mesa Dam Rehabilitation
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<br />Authorization:
<br />Water Source:
<br />Terms of Loan:
<br />
<br />Bonita Creek
<br />$100,000 @3,50% for 30-years
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<br />County: Delta
<br />Project Yield: 903 acre-feet
<br />Project Type: Dam Rehabilitation
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<br />The Cedar Mesa Ditch and Reservoir Company operates the Cedar Mesa Dam for the benefit of its 24
<br />shareholders, The existlllg reservoir can store 902 acre-feet and is formed by a dam 47-feet high and 1,250
<br />feet long, The dam was constructed prior to 1900 and has been repaired a number of times over the years,
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