C153835A Feasibility Study

• Contract/PO #: C153835A
• Contractor Name: Greeley and Loveland Irrigation Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 3
• County: Weld
• Bill Number: HB 98-1189
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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Chapter I - Introduction

The Greeley and Loveland Irrigation Company (Company) has been in existence since 1903

and has gone under numerous changes, Safety and performance issues for several system elements

have been identified by the Company. These project elements include the following:

1. Equalizer Dam and Spillway
2, Westerdoll Dam and Spillway
3. Horseshoe Dam Spillway
4, Boyd Lake Dam Spillway
5. Hoffinan Dam Spillway
6. Houts Reservoir Regulating Structure
7. Lake Loveland North Outlet Structure
8. Greeley and Loveland Irrigation Canal Rehabilitation
9. Big Barnes Ditch Rehabilitation
10. Hubbs Check Structure
11. Oklahoma Check Structure

The State Engineer's Office (SEO) has identified problems with the above dams and is
requiring the Company to address them in the next few years. The storage facilities permit water
deliveries throughout the irrigation season and the Company must maintain these facilities to state
dam safety standards. The objective of the study is to identifY and select financially sound alternatives
to rehabilitate the Company's irrigation system to deliver full water decrees in a safe and efficient
manner to meet the shareholders present and future water requirements.

Greeley and Loveland Irrigation system is located in the vicinity of Loveland as shown in
Figure III-I, The system is supplied by two diversions on the Big Thompson River: 1) Big Barnes
diversion and 2) Greeley and Loveland diversion. The first diversion is the Big Barnes ditch which
diverts water to Lake Loveland, The water then can be regulated by several reservoirs before being

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