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The District has finished
putting in retaining walls
along this portion of the
inlet canal allowing access
to the canal for the first time
in 50 years.  The cost of
rebuilding the road
$460,000.  
P.L. 111-11  Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009
Title IX - Bureau of Reclamation
Authorizations -
Subtitle B - Project Authorizations -
Section 9105 - Jackson Gulch
Rehabilitation Act:
BIG NEWS
The 2010 Inlet canal project is complete. The project engineers estimate was
$1,029,750.00 the project was completed at a cost of $597,060.00
The contractor was Sapphire Construction, LLC, from Grand Junction , Colorado
JACKSON GULCH INLET CANAL REHABILITATION

2011 IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
                                    2011 Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Project
Owner:             Mancos Water Conservancy District
Engineer:          Buckhorn Geotech, Inc.

Mancos Water Conservancy District, Jackson Gulch Inlet Canal Rehabilitation – 2011
Improvements Project has been awarded to C&J Gravel out of Durango Colorado.
The bid was $160,000 under the Engineers estimate.
The purpose of this contract is to reshape and line approximately 1,860 linear feet of existing
earthen canal.  
Anticipated project start is August 10, 2011, with Final Completion October 31, 2011.  

      
UPDATE ON THE OPERATIONS FACILITY REPLACEMENT

A opportunity came available to the District to purchase 20 acres with a house that would become
the Superintendents residents and a 2nd home that would become the District office.  The cost of
this property was the same as if the existing structures would have been replace.
The new District office will be up and running by fall and will be displaying historical artifact from
the construction of the project.
Note:
The Board has been looking at future storage for several years and this property has been one of
those sites. This property has been evaluated for additional storage of 150 to 500 acre feet of water.
The dam has also been evaluated as well with possible addition of up to 1,000 acre feet of water.