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<br />. <br /> <br />e Buffalo Mutual Irrigation Companv - Rehabilitation of the Decker Lateral Ditch <br /> <br />Authorization: SB 97-008 <br />Water Source: Arkansas River <br />Terms of Loan: $250,000 @3.75% for 30 yrs <br /> <br />County: Prowers <br />Project Yield: 17,560 ac.ft. <br />Project Type: Diversion Structure <br /> <br />This $325,000 project is the re-construction of the Buffalo Mutual Irrigation Company's <br />diversion structure and headgate on the Arkansas River in Prowers County 17 miles east of the City <br />of Lamar. Wright Water Engineers of Denver, Colorado completed project design. Project <br />construction was scheduled to commence November 1, 1997, with project completion scheduled <br />for spring 1998. A bid exceeding the project budget caused the Company to request supplemental <br />project funds from the Board at the November Board meeting. This successful request has resulted <br />in the project being re-scheduled for a September 1998 construction commencement. <br /> <br />Ute Water Conservancv District - Plateau Creek Pipeline <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Authorization: SB 88-30 <br />Water Source: Grand Mesa Drainage <br />Terms of Loan: $7,600,000 @ 5% for 30 years <br /> <br />County: Mesa <br />Project Yield: 7,200 ac.ft. <br />Project Type: Pipeline Construction <br /> <br />This project is thc replacement of an existing I5-mile pipeline providing water to the Ute <br />Water Conservancy District. The District provides water to 55,000 people, or more than half of the <br />Grand Valley population. The project is currently in the environmental analysis phase of the <br />project design. The Environmental Assessment was heavily scrutinized by the Fish and Wildlife <br />Service relative to the Recovery Implementation Program along the 15-mile reach. This analysis <br />has resulted in the Bureau of Land Management (the lead federal agency) requiring an <br />Environmentallmpact Statement be prepared before federal approval can be granted. The Record <br />of Decision regarding the EIS is scheduled for May 1998, with project design to commence <br />immediately thereafter. <br /> <br />e <br />