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<br />.. ',' <br /> <br />PROJECT <br /> <br />SIPHON #1 <br /> <br />HARVEY GAP <br />DAM SEEPAGE <br /> <br />REPLACE PUMPS <br />AND MOTORS <br /> <br />RIFLE GAP DAM <br />STILLING BASIN <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT A <br /> <br />Silt Water Conservancy District <br /> <br />LOCATION <br /> <br />LOCATED 11 MILES <br />NORTH OF RIFLE <br /> <br />LOCATED 6 MILES <br />NORTH OF SILT, CO <br /> <br />LOCATED I MILE <br />EAST OF SILT AT <br />THE PUMP HOUSE <br /> <br />LOCATED 6 MILES <br />NORTH OF RIFLE <br />ON HIGHWAY 325 <br /> <br />PROJECT SUMMARY <br /> <br />PURPOSE <br /> <br />THIS 42" SIPHON WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE <br />EARLY 30's AND CURRENTLY IS IN NEED OF MAJOR <br />REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT. THE STEEL <br />WALLS HAVE BECOME THIN, JOINTS ARE <br />LEAKING AND THE CONCRETE TRUSSES ARE <br />CRUMBLING. THE SIPHON IS 570 FEET LONG. <br /> <br />THIS EARTHEN DAM LEAKS WATER WHEN <br />FULL AND HAS BECOME AN ISSUE WITH THE <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES. BRUCE <br />MARVIN OF WESTERN ENGINEERS, INC <br />HAS BEEN WORKING ON ISOLATING THE <br />PROBLEM WITH DYE TESTING. <br /> <br />THE PUMPS AT THE PUMPING FACILITY ARE <br />ABOUT 40 YEARS OLD. THEY HAVE OVER <br />THE YEARS BEEN REBUILT, HOWEVER MOST <br />OF THEM NOW NEED TO BE REPLACED. NEW <br />PUMPS WOULD BE MUCH MORE ENERGY <br />.EFFICIENT AND WOULD RESULT IN WATER <br />SAVINGS. <br /> <br />THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION IS ORDERING <br />THAT THE STILLING BASIN AT THE RIFLE GAP <br />DAM SPILL WAY BE CLEANED OF MUD AND <br />ROCKS IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE ANY DAMAGE <br />TO THE WALLS OF THE SPILL WAY. <br /> <br />EST. COST <br /> <br />$500,000 <br /> <br />$183,000 <br /> <br />$388,000 <br /> <br />$62,000 <br /> <br />I 133 boO <br />I ' <br />