BOARD02111

• Board Meeting Date: 5/16/2006
• Description: CWCB - Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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and Loveland Irrigation Company own Boyd Lake, the largest reservoir in their system with a swface area of
1,750 acres and a capacity of 48.875 acre-feet. The dam is a Class I facility. The existing spillway is a 20- .
foot long grass swale with really no means of conveying any storm flows. The SEO requires that a Oass I
facility spiIlway pass 75% of the PMP. The Company is currently in the design phase to construct a new
labyrinth spiIlway approximately I, I 00 feet in length with an effective weir length of 5,720 feet, constructing
I,IOO-feet of downstream channel, and constructing 350-ft long floodwall. The project was awarded to
Gracon Construction, Loveland, Colorado. The project is 95% complete and is awaiting final approval from
the State Engineers Office.

20. Lower Bauer West Lateral. Inc. - Ditch Rehabilitation

Auth~~tion:~v~ceT~F~d
Water Source: Mancos River
Terms of Loan: $195,000@2.5%for30yrs.

Co~ty: Montezuma
Project Yield: 95 1 acre-feet
Project Type: Ditch Rehabilitation

The Lower Bauer West Lateral owns and operates the west outlet lateral from Lower Bauer Reservoir.
This project involves the placement of 15,500 feet of 6-15-inch PVC pipe in the ditch our outlet lateral, to
reduce water loss and to produce working pressure for downstream irrigation users. The project is being
designed by the NRCS Cortez Office to carry the Company decree of 951 acre-feet to a 1,200-acre service
area. The project has been awarded to Lewis Excavating, Mancos, Colorado and the project is currently
~der construction. As of December 2005, the Contractor has installed all pipes and is currently in the
process of testing the system. CWCB is waiting on the engineer approval letter and grant contributions
from the NRCS to initiate project completion, which is scheduled for July of 2006.

21. Larimer and Weld hril!lltion Comoanv - Bil! Windsor Reservoir Inlet/Lake Lee Dam Rehab.

Authori~tion: Severance Tax F~d
Water Source: South Platte River
Terms of Loan: $1,500,000@2.5% for 30 yrs.

Co~ty; Weld
Project Yield: 90,000 acre-feet
Project Type: Inlet/Dam Rehabilitation

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The Larimer and Weld hrigation Company operate a 40-mile ditch system, including control structures,
checks, and gates. The Company has an 86,000 acres service area, 55,000 acres of that irrigated and has
an average annual diversion of 90,000 acre-feet. This project involves the replacement of the inlet
structure into Big Windsor Reservoir and the rehabilitation of Lake Lee Dam. The project is being
designed and inspected by Smith Geotechnical; Fort Collins, Colorado. The reconstruction of Big
Windsor inlet structure was awarded to Barker Construction, Fort Collins, Colorado, who completed the
project in April of 2006. The construction of Lake Lee Dam is anticipated to commence in the fall of
2006.

22. Buffalo Farms Water Develooment. LLC - Well AUl!ll1entation

Authori~tion: Sev~ce Tax F~d
Water Source: S. Platte Aquifer
Terms of Loan: $193,500@2.50% for 30 years

Co~ty: Logan
Project Yield: 800 ac.ft.
Project Type: Siphon Replacement

The Buffalo Farms LLC is comprised of a number of fanns with a total combined irrigated land of 1,000
acres. The farms utilized 11 existing wells to irrigate the 1,000 acres, growing com. alfalfa, beans, and
wheat. The 11 wells are currently being augmented ~der the Logan Well Users plan. The proposed
project consists of 1 recharge well at the river, and 6,000-ft. of pipe to a 22 acre existing recharge site. .

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