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13. Suuu1v Irrigation Ditch Comuanv - Knoth Reservoir Dam Rehabilitation tit Authorization: SB 01-157 County: Montezuma Water Source: Dolores River Project Yield: 7,840 acre-feet Terms of Loan: $7,260,000 @3.50% for 30-years Project Type: Distribution System e The District's WETPACK (Water for Everyone's Tomorrow Package) proposal is intended to better manage the available resources of the Dolores Project to provide an additional! 3,300 acre-feet of water for the fishery below McPhee Dam, increase municipal water supplies, and to provide water of the irrigation of additional lands. This project involves a system of pipelines, pumps, and related facilities to deliver water to the District's Dove Creek Canal system for the irrigation of 4,000 acres of new lands that are presently dry land farmed. Water will be delivered to irrigators in pipes under pressure for sprinkler irrigation only. Harris Water Engineers, of Durango, Colorado, is the planning and design consultant for the project. Construction is tentatively scheduled to commence in the summer of 2002. 12. Kenosha Trout Club Lininger Lake Dam Rehabilitation and Water Purchase Authorization: SB 01-157 Severance Tax County: Park Water Source: Beaver Creek Project Yield: 156 acre-feet Terms of Loan: $600,000 @5.50% for 30-years Project TYlle: Dam Rehabilitation The Kenosha Trout Club is located 8 miles southwest of the Town of Grant, near Kenosha Pass. Lininger Lake, which is used for fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes by subdiVision residents, is supplied by a junior water right that cannot be filled unless its consumptive use due to evapClratidn is replaced. The estimated average annual divertable volume is 110 acre-feet, and the evaporative loss needing augmentation is 46 acre-feet. The Association plans on purchasing senior water rights that are suitable for augn'lentation. Dam improvements include installing a low level outlet structure and raising the crest of the dam approximately 12-inches. Leonard Rice Consulting Water Engineers completed the feasibility study. Dam improvements are tentatively scheduled for construction if the Winter of 2002. Authorization: Water Source: Terms of Loan: C<)unl)f: Boulder - N.E. of Lyons St. Vrain Creek Project Yield: :9,500 acre-feet $1,700,000 @3.50% for 30-years Project Type: Dam Rehabilitation The Supply Irrigation Ditch Company is proposing to rehabilitate the Knoth Reservoir for use as an equalizer, and for storage under a conditional decree for 542 acre-feet. The average annual volume diverted now is 9,500 acre-feet, which will be increased to 10,040 acre-feet with the project improvements in place. The planned improvements include, reshaping the upstream face of the dams and the placetfient of clay, installation of a toe drain, construction of 200 foot long, spillway, placement of rip rap, raising the datu cr~st on both dams to gage height 30-ft., removal of two abandoned outlets, and the repair of the existing outlet to a good working condition. The proposed improvements are being designed by Smith Geotechnical, of Fort Collins, Colorado, and are planned to be constructed in the winter/spring of 2002. 14. Cedar Mesa Ditch and Reservoir Companv - Cedar Mesa Ij>am Rehabilitation Authorization: Water Source: Terms of Loan: County: Delta Bonita Creek Project Yie1d~ 903 acre-feet $100,000 @3.50% for 30-years Project Type:! Dam Rehabilitation The Cedar Mesa Ditch and Reservoir Company operates the C6dar Mesa Dam for the benefit of its 24 shareholders. The existing reservoir can store 902 acre-feet and is formed by a dam 47-feet high and 1,250 feet long. The dam was constructed prior to 1900 and has been repaired a number of times over the years. In June of 2000 the State Engine~r'se Office identified a seepage problem along the downstreall1 slope and imposed a restriction on storage. Knight Piesold, Denver, Colorado, has completed tbe feasibility study and is currently working on the design plans. Construction is i 31 i