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<br />FEASIIHLlTY STUDY <br />KERN RESERVOIR ENLARGEI\IE:'iT <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION (NEED FOR TUE PROJECT) <br /> <br />The Kern Reservoir and Ditch CompanY, located in Weld Counlv, Colorado, operales the Kern <br />R~s~rv(\\r. rhl' darn \Vas COllstrlli.::kd \\1 1904. {'he n:scrVOlr has ~\ historical storage I...lecree or 1 ,~()O <br />aere-Ieel, hullS eUlTently only ahle 10 slore approxlIl1atcly gOO acre-teet due to silt buill-UP and <br />Improper linlllg during Ille original cOllstruction. !'his proj~ct IS nCl"dcd to dredge the 11l:1tcri;,.1l oul of the <br />hotton! and COHs\rU'Ll a (by hner around the \.'n\11"C pcrlmch~r. <br /> <br />PROJECT SPONSOR <br /> <br />The Kern Reservo;r and Ditch Compan)' is a Mutual Ditch Company and has the power to set annual <br />assessments, as well as cut of ruse by those whu 1~lil to pay the assessments. The reservoir will be built <br />10 accommodate the regional \ OO-year storm \1ow.'> and the Ditch Company has plans to assess the Town <br />of \Vindsor (1..)r this use as welL <br /> <br />PROJECT SER ViCE AREA AND FACILiTIES <br /> <br />Thl: company has a s~rvic.t: area of approximately], 100 ucres. A map of the service urea is included in <br />Appendix D. <br /> <br />W,ITER RiGHTS <br /> <br />The Company owns water stOr<lgC right$ in Kern Reservoir. The adjudicated storage is ] .800 acre~reet. <br /> <br />;\djudication Dale: 1904-12-0') <br />Appropriation Date: 1882-02-1 () <br /> <br />PROJECT DESCRiPTiON AND AL TERNA TiVES <br /> <br />The purpose "fthis project is to "emovc sediment deposits and lake bo!\olll soils to regain lost storage <br />and increase the existing storage capacity of the reservoir. An opportunity exists to deepen the reservoir <br />hy c\.cavatlng scdin1enls and soil from tl1C lake bottom and hauling this material tn a nearby property for <br />use ill overlot grading. hnJr alternatives were considered ill cvaluatlng the feasibility of increasing the <br />l:xisting storage, <br /> <br />1. 0,10 action. <br />"") Lakl: holtollll:Xca\'atioll III conjullctlOll with ear1h fill at all adjacent rrnpcrty. <br />Lake bottom c,\cu\.ation independent of' the adjacent development. <br />-to Increasing storage by increasing the height oCthc dam crnhanKrncnt. <br /> <br />Feus!bllll)' Study <br />Kern ReserVOIr [nlar~Cll1enl <br /> <br />.1 - <br /> <br />Augus\ 20\l2 <br /> <br />J ''', I,. 'I: \\'".<1, 11' I "~l' ) <; <1,'_ <br />