BOARD02200

• Board Meeting Date: 3/26/2001
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Proiects Under Constrnction

. I. Excelsior Irrigatiruz Comoanv - Excelsior Ditch Rehabilitation

Authorization: SB 97-008
Water Source: Arkansas River
Terms of Loan: $251,125 @3.75%for30yrs

County: Pueblo - E of Pueblo
Project Yieid: 4,250 3O.ft.
Project Type: Ditch Rehabilitation

This $335,000 project is the re-construction of approximately 2 miles of open ditch, which
has previously been abandoned and fanned over. Also included in the project is the construction of
several pwnp stations for water delivery. The project is located in Pueblo County 10 miles east of
Pueblo. Project design was prepared by the Pueblo Office of the Natural Resource Conservation
Service, Ralph Adkins, P.E. of Pueblo, Irrigation Engineering of Alamosa and Hendrooke
Sprinklers of Ft. Collins. Project construction commenced by the owner and several sub-
contractors in May 1998 and was originally scheduled for completion in the fall of 1999. Flooding
damaged the project area during the summer of 1999 that has delayed the project's completion
schedule until Spring/Summer of 200 I.

2. Otero Ditch Compal\Y - Diversion Structure Rehabilitation

Authorization: SB
Water Source: Arkansas River
Terms of Loan: $15S,000@4.0%for30yrs

County: Otero - N.W. of Fowler
Project Yield: 20,687 ac.ft.
Project Type: Diversion Structure

. The Otero Ditch Company diverts water directly from the Arkansas River
approximately I mile northwest of the Town of Fowler. The existing diversion structure and
right abutment were washed out during flooding in April and May of 1999. This $620,000
project inVOlves stabilizing 2000 I.f. of streambank, the construction of a l82-ft. iong concrete
diversion wall, 3-ft. high with a l1-ft. wide concrete stilling basin, and a new concrete outlet
control structure with a 20-ft wide by 8-ft. high opening. The Natural Resource Conservation
Service (NRCS), who is additionally funding 75 % of the total construction cost, designed the
project. Schrepfer Industries, from Trinidad, Colorado, commenced construction in January
of 2000 and have completed the work. The Otero Ditch Company is currently operating the
new outlet and diversion structures. Project substantial completion is tentatively scheduled
for April, 2001.

3. Ute Water Conservancv District - Plateau Creek Pineiine

Authorization: SB 88-30
Water Source: Grand Mesa Drainage
Terms of Loan: $27,600,000 @5%for 30 years

County: Mesa - E of Palisade
Project Yield: 7,200 3O.ft.
Project Type: Pipeline Construction

This $55,000,000 project is the replacement of an existing IS-mile pipeline providing water
to the Ute Water Conservancy District. The District provides water to 55,000 people, or more than
half of the Grand Valley population. Camp, Dresser, & McKee, Inc. of Denver has completed final
design and construction contract docwnents for Phase II of the project. Phase I of the project,
placement of the lower 8,000 linear foot of the pipeline, commenced in February by ERS
Constructors, Inc. of Sedalia, CO. and was completed in May 1999. Phase II involves the
installation of 26,000-ft. of 48" waterline pipe, 29,500-ft. of 54" waterline pipe, and the

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