Huerfano-Cucharas Administrative Improvements

Water Infrastructure
Improvements
Huerfano River Basin
MNL: ARK-2015-0004
HCWCD + DEO-2
Water Districts 14, 16, 17 + 79
Water Rights:
• Dist 14: 204
• Dist 16: 343
• Dist 17: 51
• Dist 79: 409
• Total: 1007
16
Improvements
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Gages (7 repaired + 2 new)
Monitoring Wells (5)
Data Collection
Model
Huerfano-Cucharas
Ditch
Undercliffe
Below Huerfano
Valley Dam
I-25
Below Cucharas Res
Manzanaros Crossing
Badito
US 10
Harrison Bridge
Boyd Ranch
Cucharas River
Harrison Bridge D/S La Veta
“The channel acts as the control at all stages of
flow [and is] very unstable and unpredictable at
low and high flows. A more reliable constructed
control and channel work would provide less of a
fluctuation in the rating shifts seen at this site.”
Huerfano River at Badito
“The control is a constructed channel section. It is generally inaccurate at
all stages and has consistently been problematic in reliably providing
good data. This is the worst gage in Division 2. The recent addition of
a radar level sensor has improved the quality of data collected, but the
ability to quantify flow effectively is a good, stable control structure away.”
Huerfano River
below Huerfano Valley Dam Near Undercliffe
“The gage in the river itself does not function anymore. It has isolated and is
damaged, plus the river channel itself is the control and constantly shifts during
the infrequent, but highly turbulent flows. Building a control structure in the
adjacent canal would provide the support necessary to administer water rights off
of the Huerfano River at this location.”
Below
Huerfano
Valley Ditch
Below I-25
Badito
Above Cucharas Reservoir
Below La Veta
Budget by Task
Ex A, pp 5 & 6
Gages: assess, design, improve, construct
$187,400
Wells: locate, design, construct
$45,000
Model: data, adapt existing models, create
$72,000
Management
Total
$5,000
$312,400
Funding Request
Source
Basin Account
State-wide Account
WSRA Funds requested
Applicant & 3rd Parties
CWCB-DSS
DWR In-Kind
DWR
HCWCD
HCBOCC
CSWD
HCFMLD
La Veta
Walsenburg
Water Users
Total other
Amount
$20,000
$93,400
$113,400
% WSRA
18%
$100,000
$44,000
$26,000
$5,000
$4,000
$4,000
$4,000
$4,000
$4,000
$4,000
$199,000
Total Match
Total Project
176%
235%
$312,400