BOARD02595

• Board Meeting Date: 11/19/2003
• Description: CF Section - New Loans - New Cache La Poudre Irrigation Company - New Reservoir Construction
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Shennan Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX, [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

FROM:

Bruce Johnson, P.E.
Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief
Water Supply Planning and Finance Section

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

DATE:

November 7,2003

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 8b, November 19-21, 2003 Board Meeting
Water Supply Planning and Finance Section - New Loans
New Cache La Poudre Irrigating Company New Reservoir
Construction

Introduction

The New Cache La Poudre Irrigating Company (NCLPIC) is applying for a $7,200,000 loan from the
Construction Fund to construct an equalizer reservoir, two additional storage reservoirs, and a
pumping station and inter-connecting pipeline, in order to address storage and operational deficiencies
in its system. In addition, the reservoirs will enhance groundwater augmentation plans currently being
developed by NCLPIC. The estimated total cost of the project is $9,542,000. Please see the attached
project summary and map.

Backqround

The NCLPIC currently provides irrigation water to service approximately 35,000 acres in Larimer
and Weld counties. The service area is located immediately north of the Cache La Poudre and
South Platte rivers between Windsor and Barnesville. Water is diverted from the Cache La Poudre
River by the New Cache Diversion Structure located near Timnath to feed the Greeley NO.2 Ditch.
The canal system consists of approximately 50 miles of ditch extending from the river to
approximately 11 miles east of Highway 85. All of the water rights that feed the canal system are
owned and managed by the NCLPIC, however the canal system itself is owned and managed by
three separate companies. The NCLPIC owns and manages approximately 25 miles of ditch from
Timnath to a location several miles east of Highway 85. At this point the ditch forks, with the New
Cache ditch heading south and the North Side Lateral heading east. The North Side Lateral
Company owns and manages approximately 12 miles of ditch extending to near Gill, with the
easternmost 11 miles of ditch owned and managed by the North Side Extension Company.

The NCLPIC manages water in the Greeley NO.2 Ditch, delivering approximately 37,500 acre-feet
per year. The ditch level fluctuates throughout the irrigation season making it difficult and inefficient

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