BOARD02452

• Board Meeting Date: 5/22/2000
• Description: CF Section - Plumb and Dailey Ditch Company
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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ST A TE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone] ME M 0 RAN DUM

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Bill Owens
Governor

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

John Van Sciver, P.E. :&//s
Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief
Water Supply Planning n Finance Section.

Peter H. Evans
ewes Director

Greg E.Walcher
Executive Director

FROM:

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

DATE: May 8, 2000

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 12a., May 22-23, 2000 Board Meeting
The Plumb and Dailey Ditch Company

Introduction
The Plumb and Dailey Ditch Company (PDDC) is applying for a $42.000 Small Project Loan to
reconstruct the Company's diversion structure on the Boulder Creek. . The estimated total cost of
the project is $46,620. Please see the attached project summary and map.

BackQround
The PDDC, located in Weld County, operates the Plumb and Dailey Ditch for the benefit of the
shareholders by providing direct flow irrigation water. The ditch diverts from Boulder Creek, 6
miles southeast of Longmont, and water deliveries are made through the Company's ditch to the
1600-acre service area. The PDDC diversion has been damaged during the past several runoff
seasons, to the point that it is very difficult to deliver water to the shareholders. The PDDC needs
to rebuild the diversion as soon as possible, preferably in fall 2000, when the weather is good, and
stream flows are at a minimum. The Company is eligible for a loan from the Small Project Loan
Account, since delaying construction until summer or fall 2001 would result in a hardship on the
Borrower. The current condition of the diversion makes water delivery difficult and uncertain.

Feasibility Studies
Glenn Newlon, P.E., Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Greeley, has completed
final plans and specifications and a cost estimate for the project. John Van Sciver has completed
the CWCB Feasibility Study using information provided by the NRCS and the Company. The
study includes an assessment of alternatives available for rehabilitation of the PDDC diversion.

The Plumb and Dailey Ditch Company
The PDDC is a mutual ditch company and a non-profit corporation registered in the State of
Colorado. There are 13 shareholders and 40 shares of stock. The PDDC has the power to set
annual assessments to be paid by the shareholders, the power to cut off water deliveries to