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<br />~ <br /> <br />Need for the Project <br /> <br />The CEXT is undertaking this project to continue to provide <br />irrigation water to its shareholders to irrigate their crops. <br /> <br />In August of 1996, a break in the siphon occurred approximately <br />450 feet downstream of the siphon inlet structure. Initially <br />water could not be delivered to CEXT shareholders when flows fell <br />below 40 cfs in the ditch. At a flow of approximately 60 cfs, <br />only 20 - 25 cfs could be delivered through the siphon and this <br />got progressively worse during August and September. The siphon <br />finally totally "blew out" in early October. The siphon system <br />dates to around the turn of the century. Concrete repair work on <br />the outlet structure, which is in poor repair, indicates a <br />repair date of 1936. The siphon was originally constructed of 48 <br />inch diameter wooden pipe, The length of the siphon is <br />approximately 1,000 feet. At least two major failures of the <br />siphon have occurred in the past. Repairs using various <br />materials were made when the siphon failed in 1942. <br />Approximately 400 feet on the inlet side of the siphon were <br />replaced with used 42 inch boiler pipe in 1955, The inlet <br />structure was also replaced in 1955. <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />2 <br />