PROJ00527

• Contract/PO #: FS0024X
• Contractor Name: Florida Water Conservancy District
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 0
• County: La Plata
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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4.0 PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT

The Lemon Dam Project would involve installation of a new
hydropower plant and repair of existing facilities at Lemon Dam.
The District is responsible for operation of the dam and employs
a dam superintendent who lives adjacent to the dam. Reclamation
provides assistance to the District and makes annual inspections
of the dam.

The plan of development formulated for the project is sum-
marized in the following paragraphs and is described in detail in
the following chapters. A FERC License is required prior to
construction of the power plant; the application for the license
is attached as an appendix to this report.

The proposed plan of development described in the application
for funding to the Authority consisted of three components:
1) Replace deteriorated riprap.
2) Repair leakage at the main outlet gates.
3) Install a 110kW hydroelectric power plant.

Items 1 and 2 were recommended in Reclamation's 1981
tion report where "action is needed to prevent or reduce
damage or preclude operational failure." The District
reserving $12,500 per year in 1982 to perform the repairs.

inspec-
further
began

Replacement of the deteriorated riprap on the dam was
suggested due to what appeared to be exposed Zone 2 material on
the upstream face of the dam. An examination by Reclamation in
1984 concluded that the exposed material was not Zone 2 but was
road surface material from the dam crest that had washed down the
embankment. For this reason, Reclamation has withdrawn the
recommendation that the riprap be replaced. The riprap repair
component has been deleted from the Lemon Dam Project.

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