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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RECEH/t.f\ <br />....-:......1"... <br /> <br />MAY 4 1983 <br /> <br />APPLICATION FOR STATE <br /> <br />WAm-jj'~ ,,-- <br />!n(l~,'lJ))"'1)~Wl~ []:I <br />,rr\l fiLl'! 061983 .'. <br /> <br />'--..;"-"-'- -" <br />eOLORADO WATii:f~ . <br />C'1".,,,rT"t'I\Tlnt,., K.~"J!"'~ <br />V.~>..1,-" _ . ."'/1'" ",-,,':..J- ,r;,;v <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />823 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />1. Name of Applicant(s) (Sponsor(s): l1innesota Ditch and Reservoir Co. <br /> <br />Mailing Address: <br /> <br />Route 1, Box 12M <br />Paonia, Colorado 81428 <br /> <br />Telephone Number: (303) 5274434 <br /> <br />2. Briefly describe the purpose, location and need for the project: <br /> <br />The existing MOnument Dam is located near Paonia, ililorado, on <br />Minnesota Creek. Constructed in the late 1800's, probably by hydraulic <br />fill, the existing dam has been declared unsafe by the State Engineers' <br />Office, due to insufficient spillway capacity. While investigating <br />methods of enlarging spillway capacity, it was detenrrined that the <br />probable IIDst cost effective method would be to increase the dam height <br />to double that existing or as high as feasible. The =er has sufficient <br />senior water rights to fill a reservoir doubled in size. <br /> <br />The need for irrigation water is den:onstrated by the historic <br />use of the impomded water for the past 100 years. No new ground would <br />be irrigated. <br /> <br />The dam safety section of the State Engineer's office feel that <br />loss of life is probable in the event of failure of this dam. Included <br />in the study should be an incremental damage analysis in case of dam <br />break. <br /> <br />-13- <br />