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<br /> <br />'t <br />"j <br /> <br />/] <br />..~ <br /> <br />~ ,.'_.f <br />-~;~] <br />.,',;' <br />;,~'i:~ <br />, <br />,'-:1 <br /><} <br />(''.{ <br />::I:! <br />:4 <br /> <br />I <br />~~ <br />:.f1. <br />.~ <br />j <br /> <br /> <br />PAONIA PROJECT, COLORADO <br />-' . <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br /> <br />Repayment ability of water users <br />The probable ability of project lands to ri3pay construction costs has <br />bi3i3n determined from an analysis of the increase in crop income, the <br />farmer's increase in operation and production costs, and the operation <br />and maintenance costs of new project works. Results of the de- <br />termination indicate that it will be within the ability of the Fire. <br />Mountain lands as a 'Unit to repay $22,469 annually, and of the Leroux <br />Creek project lands as a unit to repay $9,171 annually. This repay- <br />ment.will amount to an average annual construction charge of $2.60 <br />an acre for the Fire Mountain lands and $1.50 an acre for the project <br />lands on Leroux Creek. . ' <br /> <br />Summary of project cost and repayment <br />Project cost and repayment are summarized as follows: <br />Total estimated cost of project at 1940 prices_____________________$1, 551, 000 <br />Repayment by Fire Mountain lands at $22,469 per year . <br />for 40 years_______________________________________ $898,760 . <br />Repayment by Leroux. Creek lands at $9,171 per year for <br />40 years__________________________________________ 366,840 <br /> <br />Totai repayment by irrigation____________________________ 1,265,600 <br />Cost chargeable to flood control (nonreimbursable)_______________ 32,000 <br />Remaining cost reimbursable from the sale of 4,000 acre-feet of <br />reservoir storage reserved for future expansion in the North Fork <br />River Valley_ __ ____h___ _ __ _ ___ __ __ __ __ __________ __________ 253, 400 <br />Repayment organizations <br />The Fire Mountain Canal & Reservoir Co. is presently serving <br />water to lands in the project area under the Fire Mountain canal. <br />This company is suggested as a contracting entity to represent water <br />users who will be served by the enlarged and extended Fire Mountain <br />canal. <br />Leroux Creek water users above the Fire Mountain canal have long <br />felt the need for a central organization on that stream to obtain better <br />efficiency in the handling of irrigation facilities and the distribution of <br />irrigation water. Steps have been recently taken by local interests to <br />form a water-users organization by the pooling of water rights into a <br />single company and the issuance of stock in the company to represent <br />present water rights. It is suggested that this new company be organ- <br />ized with power and in suitable form, to act as a separate contracting <br />entity to represent the water users in the Leroux Creek portion of the <br />project area. <br />Development period <br />More than 90 percent of the lands to be served by the enlarged and <br />extended Fire Mountain canal are already cultivated and under irri- <br />gation, but only in partial production because of insufficient water. <br />These lands can therefore immediately respond to ben,efits of supple- <br />mental water. However, a development period .of 3 years should be <br />allowed after first delivery of project water to permit adjustments in <br />the distribution of water stock and in cropping programs before assess- <br />ing full construction repayment charges. <br />Project lands on Leroux Creek above the Fire Mountain canal are <br />also largely un~e~ ir~igation and new lands in this a~ea are readily <br />susceptible of IrrIgatIOn development. They may therefore be ex- <br />pected to immediately respond to the application of project water and <br />a similar 3-year development period would normally suffice for this <br /> <br />I <br />