JUNE SHOP REPORT

                                                         2008

EQUIPMENT SERVICES: 1, 8, 22, 25, 48, 96, 97

EQUIPMENT REPAIRS:  # 8 – REAR BRAKES, # 22 – INJECTION LINE NUTS AND WASHERS, # 24 – REPLACE FRONT DRIVE LINE, # 25 – A.C.BLOWER MOTOR REPLACED, # 71 – REPLACED SERPENTINE BELT.

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STORAGE:  THE RATED SECTION AT THE CLOCKHOUSE HAS BEEN CLEANED OFF IN PREPARATION FOR SUMMER STORAGE. BOGS WERE CLEANED OUT IN THE CANAL NEAR THE LAKE. THE PLUG AT HORSECREEK IS STILL IN FOR NOW.

LA JUNTA DIVISION: WEIRS HAVE BEEN CLEANED IN FRONT OF THRU THE DIVISION. WEED BOGS HAVE BEEN CLEARED THRU THE DIVISION. A NEW FLOWMETER WAS PUT IN AT 62B. THE FLOWMETER WAS TESTED AT GATE 40. THE DIVISION WAS BLADED IN SPOTS. WEED SPRAYING THE SERVICE SIDE AND AROUND WEIRS HAS BEEN COMPLETED. A SATELLITE SITE AT THE AUGMENTATION STATION IS PLANNED WHEN THE WATER SLOWS DOWN SOME.

LAS ANIMAS DIVISION: WEED SPRAYING, BLADING, HAULING ROCK EAST OF GAGEBY AND CLEANING IN FRONT OF WEIRS HAS KEPT US BUSY THE PAST MONTH IN THE DIVISION. WEED BOGS WERE ALSO REMOVED FROM THE DITCH IN PREPARATION OF HIGHER WATER. THE GATES AT BI-FURCATION HAVE BEEN CLEANED OFF AGAIN.

LIMESTONE DIVISION: BLADING, SPRAYING WEEDS AND CLEANING IN FRONT OF WEIRS HAS BEEN THE MAIN WORK FOR THE MONTH. SOME ROCK WORK BETWEEN CO.RD. RR AND CO.RD. SS WAS DONE TO SHORE UP SOME WASHED AREAS. CURRENTLY, SAND IN FRONT OF WEIR BOXES IS BEING CLEANED OUT.

LAMAR DIVISION: WEIRS HAVE BEEN CLEANED ON A PER RUN BASIS. THE BASIN INLET HAS BEEN CLEANED AGAIN. BLADING AND SPRAYING IN THE DIVISION HAS FINISHED. WEED BOGS WERE REMOVED ABOVE THE DITCHHOUSE TO 228 CHECK.  

WATER : THE OUTLOOK IS GOOD. WE COULD STAY AS HIGH AS 762 FOR 3-4 WEEKS. AT TIMES WE COULD REACH 933 CFS AND POSSIBLY STORE SOME WATER.  IF WE COULD CATCH A RAIN HERE AND THERE THE WATER CAN ONLY IMPROVE. WITHOUT RAIN NO AMOUNT OF RUNS WILL EVER CATCH ANYONE UP.

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MAY MAINTENANCE REPORT

2009

EQUIPMENT SERVICES: 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 20, 22, 48, 95, 96

EQUIPMENT REPAIRS:  # 6 – FRONT AND REAR BRAKES, # 14- DECALS, RADIO, NEW TOOL BOX AND RECEIVER HITCH MOUNTED TO 2006 P.U.# 21 – BUCKET PINS REWORKED, WELD REPAIRS TO ARM, # 22 – NEW BUCKET (WARRANTY), # 48- REWORK SPRAY ASSEMBLY, NEW SPRAY ENGINE AND PUMP, # 95 – NEW FRONT WHEEL, U-JOINT,BRAKE REPAIRS, A.C. VALVES REPLACED, # 96 – 2 NEW FRONT TIRES,RIGHT FRONT SPRING REPLACED, REAR LIGHTS REPLACED.

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STORAGE:  REPAIR WORK TO WALK BRIDGE AND FLUSH BOX AT DARREL NICHOLS H.G. (HOLBROOK). RAISE WASTE GATES HIGHER. MEASURED BRIDGE AT HEAD GATE TO PREPARE TO WIDEN. THIS WILL BE A SMALL PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ALLOW EASE OF NEW RADIAL GATES BEING PUT IN LATER THIS FALL. BRIDGE BEAMS, FORMS,CONCRETE AND LABOR WILL AMOUNT TO ABOUT $7,000.

LA JUNTA DIVISION:THE DIVISION HAS BEEN BLADED AND WEED BOGS CLEARED AWAY. WEIR BOXES HAVE BEEN CLEANED IN FRONT OF TWICE THIS MONTH. WEEDS AT FLAPPER GATES HAVE ALSO BEEN CLEANED OFF TWICE. NEW WEEDS HAVE BEEN SPRAYED THROUGHOUT THE DIVISION

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LAS ANIMAS DIVISION: WEED BOGS WERE CLEANED UP. SAND IN FRONT OF WEIRS HAVE BEEN CLEANED TWICE. GAGEBY SATELLITE SITE AND BRIDGE BELOW HAVE BEEN CLEANED OF WEEDS AND CATTAILS. WORK ON #68 WEIR AND GATE HAS FINISHED. THE DIVISION HAS BEEN BLADED AND WEEDS AT MOST WEIRS HAVE BEEN SPRAYED.

LIMESTONE DIVISION: WEED BOGS HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP IN THE DIVISION. CLEANING SAND FROM IN FRONT OF GATES HAS ALSO BEEN COMPLETED TWICE. CURRENTLY HAULING ROCK FOR JETTIES WEST OF ROAD THIRTY ON THE UPPER SIDE. MORE WORK ON THE SERVICE SIDE IN THE SAME AREA IS ALSO PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR..

LAMAR DIVISION: HAULED ROCK TO WASHED AREAS NEAR HWY. 287, ROAD 6 NEAR THURSTON, IN BETWEEN 252 AND 253 AND ABOVE MARBURG. WEED BOBGS HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP. WEED PILES WERE BURNED. BARRIER CHECKS WERE PUT IN AT 245D AND 250. CLEANE UP BELOW 250 WAS COMPLETED. WEEDS SPRAYING AROUND WEIR BOXES WAS FINISHED ON 5/6/09..  

WATER : THE OUTLOOK STILL LOOKS DISMAL. SNOW PACK IS SAID TO BE NORMAL. WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME RAINFALL AND PROJECT WATER LOOKS TO BE FAIR BUT THE OVERALL PICTURE SHOWS US TO BE IN A MILD DROUGHT. CURRENTLY WE ARE PASSING 1070 CFS TO GET 500 CFS TO JOHN MARTIN. WITH THAT IN MIND, SNOW PACK MAY NOT HELP US OUT MUCH.

                                                                                April Reports

                                                                                       2009

EQUIPMENT  SERVICES:  2, 9, 23, 24, 48, 58.

EQUIPMENT REPAIRS :  # 2 – NEW SET OF 245X75X17 TIRES, # 9 – DRIVER SIDE MIRROR, #19 – 500 HOUR SERVICE, # 20 – REAR AXLE  REPLACED(WARRANTY-WITH $500 MINIMAL EXPENSES SUCH AS OIL,FREIGHT AND ETC), # 21 - NEW EXPANSION SLEEVE,BOLT AND WASHER,  # 22 – WELD REPAIRS ON HYDRAULIC LINE, O-RINGS, #24 – HYDRAULIC HOSE, RIGHT REAR SIDE GLASS AND FRONT BUCKET WEAR BLADE, # 48 – SPRAY MOTOR STARTER, # 71 – MOLDBOARD CUTTING EDGES REPLACED, #76 – REPLACED DIAPHRAGM PUMP, #95 – TWO NEW TRACTION TIRES (1100X24.5), # 97 – TWO NEW (1100X22.5) TRACTION TIRES.

                                                                             MAINTENANCE

                                                                                      2009

STORAGE; WASHED OFF BLADDERS AND DROPPED RIVER GATE. THE ADOBARCO RATED –SECTION FLOOR WAS EXTENDED BY SIX FEET AND ANOTHER INTAKE TO THE WELL-PIT WAS ADDED(3”). NEW MEASUREMENTS WERE DONE BY THE DIVISION ENGINEERS OFFICE AND TOM WILLIAMSEN ON 3/23 AND 3/24 TO CREATE A NEW RATING TABLE THAT WILL MORE EFFECTIVELY REFLECT TRUE FLOWS THAT WILL IN TURN HELP THE RESERVOIR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM  TO PROPERLY SHOW OUT OF PRIORITY STORAGE AMOUNTS. THE DIRT PLUG AT HORSE CREEK WILL BE PUT BACK IN BY 4/6/09.

LAJUNTA: WEIRS HAVE BEEN CLEANED IN FRONT OF AND ALSO WEEDS IN THE CANAL IN FRONT OF HEAD GATES. TRASH HAS BEEN CLEARED AT HORSE CREEK FLAPPER GATES. A BELZONA PATCH HAS BEEN PUT IN THE FLUME ON TH UPPER SIDE WHERE CONCRETE AND STEEL MEET.

LAS ANIMAS: CLEANING IN FRONT OF WEIRS IS COMPLETE. WEED BURNING WAS AN ORDEAL BUT FINALLY DONE. NEW CABLES ON CHECKS AND FLOWMETERS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AND READY TO GO.

LIMESTONE : A NEW FACE ON SUNFLOWER CHECK WAS PUT ON DURING THE DAY OF 3/15/09. MOST WEIR BOXES WERE CLEANED IN FRONT OF BEFORE THE FIRST RUN WATER. MANY WEEDS WERE BURNED OR  DIPPED IN THE LAST MONTH THROUGHOUT THE DIVISION.

LAMAR : WIND, BURNING AND DIPPING WEEDS, SNOW AND ICE PROBLEMS HAVE CREATED MANY LONG DAYS AND NIGHTS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS BUT THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL!  SNOW PACK IS BACK UP AND THE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE CREATING SOME MUCH NEEDED MOISTURE. I HOPE IT CONTINUES.

 MARCH MAINTENANCE REPORTS

                                                                               2009

EQUIPMENT SERVICES :  # 1, 19, 96, 97.

EQUIPMENT REPAIRS  :  # 20 - EXTENDAHOE CYLINDER HYDRAULIC HOSES, # 21- BOOM AND BUCKET HYDRAULIC CYLINDER SEAL KITS, # 24 – EXTENDAHOE CYLINDER HYDRAULIC HOSES, O-RING AND SWING CYLINDER  HYDRAULIC HOSE “T” REPLACED, # 47 – WATER  HOSE  REPAIRS, # 48 – ELECTRICAL AND WATER HOSE REPAIRS, # 86- ALUMINUM “OVERSIZE LOAD”  SIGN.

STORAGE  :  JOE FLORY SAID WE WERE TOO HEAVY ON THE WINTER WATER ACCOUNTING AND WERE TOLD TO GO OUT ON FEBRUARY 20, 2009. THE BLADDER DAM WILL REMAIN UP UNTIL 3/15/2009 WITH HOPES THAT WE WILL GO BACK IN TOWARDS THE END OF THE PROGRAM.  THE THREE RADIAL GATES AT THE HEADGATE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WILL BE SET IN PLACE BETWEEN AUGUST AND EARLY NOVEMBER.  EITHER BY RENTING OR PURCHASING, A SKID-LOADER WILL BE USED TO CLEAN OUT THE HOLBROOK SIPHON CONDUITS DURING THE SUMMER. SAND WAS DIPPED ABOVE ADOBE RATED SECTION.

LA JUNTA  DIVISION :  SAND REMOVAL HAS BEEN COMPLETED BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER DAMS. TO  TRY TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE SAND PROBLEMS THERE, WE ARE GOING TO DROP ONE OF THE SAND GATES AT THE LOWER DAM.  THE RADIAL  ABOVE  IT CAN BE LOWERED TO HANDLE SHUTTING OUT SHOULD  FLOODING  BECOME LIKELY.  WE WILL MONITOR THIS OPERATION CLOSELY AND MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES.  BURNING WEEDS IN A FEW AREAS IS YET TO BE DONE.  ALMOST ALL OTHER WORK IS COMPLETE OR WILL BE WHEN WATER COMES IN AT MIDNITE, MARCH 15. WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE THE AUGMENTATION STATION ON-LINE WITH SUTRON BY THE TIME THAT A RUN OF WATER BEGINS IN LAJUNTA DIVISION. THIS WILL LIKELY BE NEAR 3/22/09.

LAS ANIMAS DIVISION :  MORE WEED BURNING IS UNDERWAY IN THE DIVISION. STEM AND PADDLE WORK IS NEARLY FINISHED.  MOST SAND AND WEEDS HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM IN FRONT OF WEIR BOXES.   THE NEW SLIDE GATES AT GAGEBY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.  WEEDS WILL LIKELY BE DUMPED FOR A SHORT TIME AT GAGEBY AS WELL AS THE KICKINGBIRD.

LIMESTONE DIVISION :  WEED BURNING IN THE DIVISION IS COMPLETE.  WEIRS WILL BE CLEANED IN FRONT OF WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  NEW CABLES ON THREE OF THE CHECKS WILL BE REPLACED. SMARTT CHECK WAS COMPLETED RIGHT AFTER WATER WENT OUT. PADDLE AND STEM WORK IS COMPLETE.  WATER WILL BEGIN IN THIS DIVISION FIRST AND WILL DO SO AROUND 3/17 OR 3/18.

LAMAR DIVISION : WEEDS HAVE BEEN BURNED IN SOME AREAS.  PADDLE  AND STEM WORK IS COMPLETE.   IT IS LIKELY THAT WEEDS WILL STILL NEED TO BE DUMPED AT THE BASIN AND POSSIBLY THURSTON IF THE WIND DECIDES TO HIT 40 MPH BEFORE WATER COMES IN.  THIS YEAR HAS BEEN EXTRA DIFFICULT ALREADY WITH HIGH WINDS AND LOTS OF WEEDS TO BURN. NEW WEIRS HAVE BEEN PUT IN AT 212 AND 253D.

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