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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Feasibility of Rehabilitation <br />of the <br />Cotton Creek Airline Ditch <br /> <br />Project Sponsor <br /> <br />The Cotton Creek Water Company (CCWC) is a Colorado Mutual Ditch <br />Company and a non-profit Corporation. Articles of Incorporation <br />and Bylaws are included in Appendix A. All stock in the CCWC is <br />owned by S Bar C Farms. Ownership information is included in <br />Appendix B. <br /> <br />The companyts facilitiest built over the past 80 yearst are <br />located in the San Luis Valley in south central Colorado <br />approximately 11 miles northeast of Moffat. They consist of a <br />headgate structure to divert water from Cotton Creekt a turbulent <br />fountain/pipeline system for center pivots and approximately 10 <br />miles of earthen ditches. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Water was originally delivered from the mouth of Cotton Creek <br />Canyon to the service area (a distance of about 3 miles) by the <br />Airline Ditcht which operated from about 1916 to 1936. The <br />Airline consisted of a sheet metal flume suspended from <br />fenceposts. Because of the steep gradet and the high velocity of <br />the watert the Airline suffered frequent breakdownst and was <br />eventually abandoned. It was replaced by the Cotton Creek Ditcht <br />which ran parallel to the Airlinet and consisted of an unlined <br />earth ditch. The Cotton Creek Ditch was later abandoned because <br />of severe seepage lossest and the Cotton Creek water right was <br />allowed to remain in the natural channel of Cotton Creekt to be <br />diverted at the Hoffman Neidhardt headgate instead. <br />(See Mapt page 3.) <br /> <br />Project Service Area <br /> <br />The CCWC diverts water from Cotton Creek to one shareholder <br />(8 Bar C Farms) for irrigation of approximately 1600 acrest ln <br />Saguache County. This area consists of 14 quarter sections which <br />are irrigated with center pivot sprinklerst averaging about 115 <br />acres per pivot. Irrigated crops include alfalfa and small <br />grains. The Map on page 3 shows the CCWC service areat the <br />irrigation area for the S Bar C Farmst and the project location. <br /> <br />Need for the Project <br /> <br />CCWC is undertaking this project so that it can provide <br />irrigation water to its shareholder in low water years. The <br />alluvial fan at the mouth of the canyon is approximately 3 miles <br />long and is composed largely of boulders and cobble with earth <br />admixed. Water flowing over this porous material {either in the <br /> <br />1 <br />