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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />No Action Alternative. <br /> <br />One course of action considered was (0 do no work or rehabilitation on the ditch and its associated <br />structures at this time. lbis option is not viable for the system to continue to operate and is only <br />valid if the irrigated land is (0 be taken out of production and the water stock liquidated. Based <br />on the pasl few years, the Company has been spending from $20,000 10 $40,000 per year on the <br />repair of Structures [0 keep the system in operation. It is estimated lhis would continue for at least <br />20 years for a total cost of $600,()(X) in laday's dollars. Wilh inflation. this cost would be <br />expected to be as much as 50% higher than this. <br /> <br />The system is at an age where most of the structures have problems or have completely <br />deteriorated such that certain areas of the system are very difficult [Q operate. Check structures <br />are needed in conjunction with new headgares 10 allow the continued irrigation of many of the <br />farms at low flows. Very few of the headgaIes have adequate measuring devices to allow the <br />aCcurate determination of water deliveries through the headgates. As water becomes more <br />valuable and more scarce it will become more critical to have an accurate method of controlling <br />and measuring the water deliveries. At best the system currently operates by feel as there is very <br />lime measurement capability. <br /> <br />The option to do nothing as shown above does not mean spending no money on the system. The <br />Company has been operating under the "do nothing" option for many years and spending a <br />substantial amount of money at times for repair. It is the intent of the Company pursue a planned <br />repair that considers the whole system and solves problems that can not be taken care of on a piece <br />meal basis. Items such as installing measuring flumes on a piece meal basis does not solve the <br />flow measurement problems of the whole system. The installation of checks must be done with <br />the whole system in mind or the hydraulic capacity of the system could be degraded. <br /> <br />Based on the long [enn cost and problems associated with a piece meal repair, this alternative was <br />not deemed to be viable and was not pursued further. <br /> <br />Owl Creek Feasibility <br /> <br />Page 5 <br />