APRIL REPORTS
2010
EQUIPMENT SERVICES : 1, 8, 9, 22, 25, 96, 97
EQUIPMENT REPAIRS : # 20- NEW WASHERS AND COTTER PINS PUT ON REAR BUCKET # 22- NEW BUCKET PINS AND BUSHINGS WILL BE REPLACED IN THE NEXT 10 DAYS, USED COMPLETE HYDRAULIC PUMP WILL BE REPLACED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, # 24- COMPRESSION WASHER TO EXTEND-HOE HYD. HOSE REPLACED, CLEANED MACHINE UP AND TRADED IN FOR NEW 410J BACKHOE, # 71- REPLACE LEFT SIDE DOOR GLASS AND REPLACED SERPENTINE BELT, # 95- REPLACED HYDRAULIC CYLINDER TO DUMP BOX AND REBUILT BOX HINGES, # 96 –REPLACED REAR DRIVELINE U-JOINTS, # 97- REPLACED TURN SIGNAL SWITCH, REPAIRED INSIDE PARK BRAKE BUTTON.
MAINTENANCE
STORAGE: MEREDITH WAS FORCED TO SPILL OUR WINTER WATER WHEN WE WERE NOT ABLE TO TAKE OUR SECOND DECREE BECAUSE OF NON-USE IN THE MAIN CANAL. THIS WATER WAS SENT TO BLUE LAKE. ANOTHER STORM CAME ALONG BEFORE WE WERE FINISHED MOVING THE WATER AND COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES CHOSE TO SELL US 2000 ACRE FEET AND THAT FINISHED ON 4/6/10. FIFTEEN DOLLARS WAS THE PRICE FOR THE CSU WATER.
LAJUNTA DIVISION: WELDING IN THE FLUME FINISHED ON 3/6. SAND WAS CLEANED OUT IN FRONT OF WEIRS THRU THE DIVISION. THE SERVICE ROAD WAS BLADED. SAND WAS HAULED FROM BELOW THE FLUME. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ABOUT TWELVE YEARS WE HAD MINIMAL WEEDS TO DEAL WITH!
LAS ANIMAS DIVISION: SOME OF THE CREW CLEANED ON FRONT OF WEIRS. THE FINAL WORK ON HEAD GATES FINISHED UP AND THE SERVICE ROAD WAS BLADED. SAND TRAPS AND SEVERAL WEED RACKS WERE ATTACHED TO SOME GATES. THE GAGEBY SATELLITE SITE WAS CLEANED UP. REPAIR WORK TO SETTLED NEW GATES HAS BEEN COMPLETED. CONCRETE WAS HAULED WEST OF ROAD 10 ON THE UPPER SIDE.
LIMESTONE DIVISION: SEVERAL WEED RACKS HAVE BEEN PUT IN WHILE ROAD BLADING AND WEIR CLEANING HAVE TAKEN PLACE THRU THE DIVISION. ROCK HAULING FROM GATE 190 TO ROAD RR FINISHED UP TWO DAYS AGO. ROCK ABOVE AND BELOW SEVERAL WEIR BOXES FINISHED UP.
LAMAR DIVISION: WEIR CLEANING, ROAD BLADING AND BRIDGEWORK BELOW THURSTON, THE BASIN SPLIT AND THE LOWER BASIN HAVE FINISHED UP. THE THURSTON PUMP STATION IS UNDER WAY AS IS ROCK HAULING BELOW COLUMBINE TO MARBURG. WHETHER IT IS BECAUSE OF LAST YEARS HIGHER WATER OR THE WINTER FROST AND THAWS THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF THE DITCH BANKS THAT HAVE SLOUGHED OFF. THE GOOD PART IS THAT THE MOISTURE SHOULD GIVE EVERYONE A BETTER START THAN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
MARCH REPORTS
2010
EQUIPMENT SERVICES : # 4, 7, 20
EQUIPMENT REPAIRS : # 4- ONE SET OF NEW 255X 75X16 TIRES MOUNTED AND ALIGNMENT, # 7- ONE SET OF 265X70X17 TIRES AND ALIGNMENT, # 9- 4 NEW 245X75X16 TIRES, # 20- NEW FRONT BUCKET WEAR BLADE, # 21- NEW BUCKET MOUNTED, ONE HYDRAULIC HOSE TO BUCKET REPLACED, LIGHTS AND WIRING CHECKED, # 22- LIGHTS AND WIRING CHECKED, ONE NEW HYDRAULIC PIPING REPLACED FROM BOOM TO STICK CYLINDER, # 71- 6 NEW 1400X24 TIRES MOUNTED.
MAINTENANCE
STORAGE : WINTER WATER ENDED VERY EARLY FOR US-ON FEBRUARY 18TH. FORT LYON WAS WAY AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM. WE MAY END UP WITH SOME WATER IN JOHN MARTIN AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM. THE DIRT PLUG AT HORSE CREEK WILL BE PUT BACK IN THIS MONTH. BLUE LAKE IS SITTING AT APPROXIMATELY 53, 000 ACRE FEET WHICH IS 2-3 PER CENT LESS THAN LAST YEAR. THE CABLE SYSTEM FOR ADOARCO HAS BEEN ORDERED.
LAJUNTA DIVISION : NEW HEAD GATES ARE FINISHED WHILE PADDLE AND STEM WORK IS COMING TO AN END. SAND IS BEING HAULED AWAY FROM BELOW THE FLUME. 1-2 DAYS OF WELDING IN THE FLUME IS PLANNED BEFORE WATER STARTS IN. A CONCRETE DITCH NEAR ROAD 33 IS ALSO PLANNED TO BE TAKEN OUT. CLEANING OUT IN FRONT OF WEIRS WILL ALSO TAKE PLACE BEFORE WATER BEGINS.
LAS ANIMAS DIVISION : 77, 88, 126 AND HASTY CHECKS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AS WELL AS STEMS AND PADDLES. SOME NEW SAND TRAPS WILL BE PUT IN. GAGEBY SATELLITE SIGHT WILL BE CLEANED UP IN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE BI-FURCATION RADIALS WILL LIKELY NEED REPAIRS BEFORE THE 2011 SEASON.
LIMESTONE DIVISION : PADDLE AND STEM WORK IS FINISHED. A NEW OPERATOR FOR #150 IS PLANNED DURING THE WATER YEAR. GATES 160 AND 172 WILL HAVE THE OLD STYLE OPERATORS FOR A COUPLE OF RUNS SO THAT SETTLING CAN OCCUR BEFORE THE PADS TO HOLD UP THE FINAL DRIVE OPERATORS ARE POURED. THE SMARTT CHECK HAS 12” CHANNEL WELDED TO THE TOP TO BACK WATER UP FARTHER AWAY. SUNFLOWER CHECK HAS NEW RUBBER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHECK. GATE 196 HAS NEW 18” PVC ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 34.
LAMAR DIVISION : THE BRIDGE BELOW THURSTON INLET IS FINISHED WHILE THE BASIN OUTLET BRIDGE FLOOR IS BEING POURED ON 3/4/10. EXCAVATOR WORK WILL BEGIN AT THE BASIN INLET CHANNEL AND LIKELY ALSO ON THE THURSTON CHANNEL TO THE PUMPING STATION. IT IS LIKELY THAT THE PUMPING STATION PROJECT WILL REQUIRE SEVERAL MONTHS OF WORK FOR THE CREW BESIDES THE CONTRACTOR WORK.
WATER WILL BEGIN IN LA JUNTA DIVISION. THE WEEDS ARE MINIMAL SO FAR.
FEBRUARY REPORTS
EQUIPMENT SERVICES: # 1, 9, 8
EQUIPMENT REPAIRS: # 8- USED TRANSMISSION IS IN AND WILL BE MOUNTED THE WEEK OF 2/1-2/5, # 21-BUCKET CYLINDER O-RING REPLACED, NEW BUCKET CAME IN AND WILL BE ATTACHED DURING THE MONTH, # 22- BOOM CYLINDERS AND ARM CYLINDER WERE RE-SEALED, BUCKET CYLINDER PIPING BLOCK O-RING WAS REPLACED, # 23- NEW TOOTH PUT ON BUCKET, # 24- REPLACE HYD. HOSE TO EXTENDA-HOE, STEER CYLINDER REPAIRED, # 68- NEW STARTER, SOLENOID AT BATTERY BOX, # 71- REPLACE WATER PUMP AND GASKETS, NEW RESERVOIR PRESSURE CAP, ONE NEW RADIAL TIRE (1400 X 24)-WILL NEED TO MOUNT 5 OTHER NEW ONES NEXT MONTH.
FEBRUARY MAINTENANCE
STORAGE: AS OF 2/3 THE RESERVOIR IS AT 48,000 ACRE FEET. THE STAFF GAGE AND SATELLITE SHOWED THAT WE WERE RUNNING 156 CFS. MOST OF THE ICE IS MELTED EXCEPT AT THE LAKE. WE MAY POSSIBLY END UP WITH AROUND 62,000 ACRE FEET BY 3/15. THE CABLE SYSTEM ON ADOBE CREEK ABOVE ADOBE RESERVOIR WILL BE ORDERED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS SO THAT IT WILL BE SET FOR USE BEFORE THE SPRING RAINS BEGIN.
LAJUNTA DIVISION: THE OVERFLOW GATES AT HORSE CREEK SIPHON ARE IN. WORK ON HEAD GATES WILL CULMINATE AT 61D. PADDLE WORK AND SAND TRAPS ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF. CONCRETE WILL BE HAULED FOR RIPRAP FROM SEVERAL FARMS IN THE DIVISION WITHIN THE NEXT 5 WEEKS. IT IS HOPED THAT THE OTHER UPPER RIVER GATE CAN STILL BE REPLACED THIS WINTER. IF NOT IT WILL HAVE TO BE NEXT WINTER. BLADING THE DIVISION HAS TAKEN PLACE THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY.
LAS ANIMAS DIVISION: PADDLE WORK AND SAND TRAPS WILL BE WORKED ON THIS MONTH. SEVERAL OF THE CHECKS ARE YET TO BE REPAIRED. CURRENTLY, GRADING OPERATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE DIVISION.
LIMESTONE DIVISION: SEVERAL CHECKS ARE YET TO BE REWORKED IN THE NEXT 5 WEEKS. PADDLE WORK IS CURRENTLY GOING ON. THERE APPEARS TO BE MORE SAND IN THE DIVISION THAN THE LAST FEW YEARS. OPERATORS WILL BE PUT IN ON 172 AND 160.
LAMAR DIVISION: THE JAMES CHECK IS IN WHILE OTHERS ARE BEING CHECKED OUT. PADDLE WORK IS COMPLETE. THE BRIDGE BELOW THURSTON INLET IS IN AND THE FLOOR WILL BE POURED THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. THE BRIDGE ON REIFSCHNEIDERS ON THE BASIN OUTLET WILL BE PUT IN BEFORE WATER BEGINS.
WATER: THE BOARD HAS BID ON SOME PUEBLO WATER WORKS WATER. 7500 A.F. FOR $25 AND ANOTHER 7500 A.F. FOR $20. I WILL BE CHECKING WITH COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES FOR MORE WATER. PUEBLO RESERVOIR IS NOW UNLIKELY FOR SPILLING IN FEBRUARY AS PREDICTED EARLIER. THE SPILL LEVEL IS ALMOST 257,000 ACRE FEET BUT ANOTHER 66,000 CAN BE HELD BY MOVING ACCOUNTS AROUND! SNOW PACK IS CURRENTLY AT 90% WITH THE BEST SNOWFALL MONTHS TO COME. THIS YEAR THIS EARLY LOOKS TO BE SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR.
JANUARY REPORTS
2010
EQUIPMENT SERVICES: # 5, # 19, # 24, # 95, # 96.
EQUIPMENT REPAIRS : # 1- NEW 245X75X17 TIRES AND ALIGNMENT, # 5- FOUR NEW 245X75X16 TIRES, ALIGNMENT, # 17- BEARINGS IN REEL MOTOR REPLACED, # 22- REPLACE HYDRAULIC METAL LINE TO BUCKET CYLINDER, BOOM CYLINDERS WILL NEED TO BE RESEALED-THERE IS OIL BY-PASSING, # 24- REPLACED HYDRAULIC LINE TO BUCKET CYLINDER AND HYDRAULIC LINE ELBOW TO STABILIZER CYLINDER, # 25- REPLACE SMALL SIDE WINDOW LATCHES, # 68- PARK BRAKE BUTTON REPAIRS, WET KIT PUMP REPAIRED, # 95- NEEDS LIFT CYLINDER RESEALED AND BUSHINGS TO BED BRACKET REPLACED, # 96- SHIFTING FORK REPAIR/ REPLACEMENT, # 97- THREE NEW BATTERIES (31S) REPLACED.
CANAL MAINTENANCE
STORAGE CANAL: ICE WAS BROKEN TO ALLOW MEASUREMENT ONCE DURING THE MONTH. THERE HAS BEEN ICING PROBLEMS UPRIVER OF OUR HEAD GATES SO A NEW MEASUREMENT WAS FINALLY MADE ON 1/5/10 AFTER 17 DAYS OF ICY CHANNEL. THE RENTAL WELL FROZE DURING THE COLD SNAP- A NEW SMALL ELECTRIC HEATER WAS PUT IN THE WELL HOUSE. THE PUMP WAS REPLACED.
LAJUNTA DIVISION: PVC PIPE AND MATERIAL WAS HAULED TO THE GATES THAT WILL BE REPLACED. THE SIPHON WAS CHECKED FOR REPAIR. THERE WILL BE MINIMAL WORK THERE THIS YEAR. SOME GATES HAVE BEEN CLEANED OUT FOR POSSIBLE PADDLE REPLACEMENT. FLOW METERS HAVE BEEN PULLED AND SENT IN FOR BEARING REPAIR. A LONG SAND BAR WAS REMOVED ON THE UPPER SIDE EAST OF THE WEIR BOX. THE OVERFLOW GATES ARE BEING WELDED UP DURING COLD DAYS.
LAS ANIMAS DIVISION: THE NEW PROPERTY WAS FINISHED AND IS NOW PARKING AREA. THE SHOP WAS CLEANED UP FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING. COLD WEATHER DAYS WERE SPENT BUILDING THE JAMES CHECK AND BUILDING BASE BOXES FOR HEADGATES. REPAIR WORK ON SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT WAS ALSO ACCOMPLISHED. 119 HEADGATE WAS FINISHED UP AS 3 18” GATES WERE INSTALLED. CURRENTLY, SOME OF THE CREW IS WORKING ON GATE 110. REPAIR WORK TO THE CHECKS IS YET TO BE DONE. THE WELL PIT AT DAVE’S PLACE ALSO TRIED TO FREEZE UP. NEW HEAT TAPES AND LID INSULATION WERE ADDED TO STOP THE PROBLEM.
LIMESTONE DIVISION: CURRENTLY, SOME OF THE CREW IS WORKING ON GATE 172 WITH ONE OTHER GATE YET TO BE REPLACED. SOME OF THE CREW HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING ON RIP-RAP HAULING WEST OF ROAD 30 ON THE SERVICE SIDE. WORK ON THE CHECKS IS YET TO BEGIN-THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF VERY COLD DAYS THAT HAVE HAMPERED OUTSIDE WORK.
LAMAR DIVISION: 251D AND 234G GATES ARE FINISHED ALONG WITH A WALL EXTENSION ON 241. THE JAMES CHECK IS READY TO BE PLACED. FINAL REVISIONS TO THE THURSTON PUMP STATION CONTRACT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY 1/13/10. THERE IS SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE CREW WILL DO ON THE PROJECT THAT SHOULD KEEP THE COST MUCH LOWER.
DECEMBER REPORTS
2009
EQUIPMENT SERVICES: # 1, # 9, # 60, # 71
EQUIPMENT REPAIRS: # 1- 4 NEW 255X75X17 TIRE, NEW WIPER BLADES. # 2- WIPER BLADES REPLACED. # 17- FIRE HOSE REPAIRS, REEL SWIVEL REPLACEMENT. # 21- HYDRAULIC STEEL LINE TO ARM CYLINDER REPLACED. # 24- FRONT WHEEL DRIVE ASSIST DRIVE LINE, SPLINED TRANSMISSION GEAR REPLACED, SWING PIN HOLES BORED AND NEW BUSHINGS AND PINS REPLACED. # 56- BOX SCRAPER BLADE REPLACED. # 71- ONE NEW 1400X24 TIRE MOUNTED. # 95- 2 NEW TRACTION TIRES REPLACED (1100X24.5).
CANAL MAINTENANCE
STORAGE CANAL: THE BRIDGE FLOOR AND RAILING WAS FINISHED AT THE HEAD GATES. NEW GRAVEL AND REFLECTIVE TAPE WAS PUT AT THE ENDS. THE OLD WASTEWAY RADIALS WERE CUT UP AND SOLD FOR SCRAP. WORK AT THE FUSE PLUG AREA WAS REQUIRED AS THE HIGHER FLOWS AT THE BEGINNING OF WINTER WATER STORAGE BEGAN TO FLOW OVER THE CONCRETE OR SO WE THOUGHT. MOST OF THE OVERFLOW WAS PIPING UNDERNEATH THE CONCRETE STRUCTURE FROM THE WEST END TO THE EAST END OF THE NORTH STRUCTURE. CONCRETE AND DIRT WERE HAULED IN TO REPAIR THE LEAK AND STOP THE PIPING. HIGHER FLOWS AND DITCH PRESSURE CAUSED THE PIPING TO REOCCUR. THE DRAIN GATE AREA WAS REPACKED AND ALSO RIPRAPPED HIGHER UP ON THE DITCH. THE HOLBROOK SIPHON HAS BEEN CLEANED OUT SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. NOW THAT THE WATER HAS LEVELED OFF NEAR 338 CFS THE TRASH AND DEBRIS HAVE CLEARED UP. THE SERVICE ROAD NEAR THE TIMBER LAKE INLET WAS REBLADED. THE CONCRETE WALL AT “ADOBARCO” WAS POURED DURING THE MONTH.
LA JUNTA DIVISION: A CONCRETE DITCH FROM THE KNOLL FARM WAS HAULED OFF FOR RIPRAP ALONG THE SERVICE AREA NEARBY. CONCRETE RIPRAP WAS HAULED TO WASTEWAY ONE WASHES ALONG THE SERVICE ROAD. SERVICE ROADS WERE BLADED WITHIN THE HEAD GATE AREA. SIX HEAD GATES WILL BE REPLACED IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS. THE HORSE CREEK SIPHON WILL BE CHECKED FOR REPAIRS AND THE OVERFLOW GATES WILL BE PART OF WINTER WORK
LAS ANIMAS DIVISION: CURRENTLY, THE CREW IS HAULING OFF THE OLD HOUSE FROM THE NEWLY PURCHASED PROPERTY. CLEAN-UP WILL TAKE A FEW DAYS. BACKFILL SOIL AND GRAVEL WILL COVER THE NEW LOT. ROCK AND CONCRETE FROM THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL IS SET TO BE HAULED AWAY IN MID-DECEMBER. FOUR HEADGATES WILL BE REPLACED THIS WINTER.ALONG WITH REPAIRS TO ALL OF THE CHECKS.
LIMESTONE DIVISION: FLOW METERS ARE CURRENTLY BEING CHECKED OUT FOR REPAIR. 160 AND 172 HEAD GATES WILL BE REPLACED THIS WINTER. SEVERAL CHECKS WILL GET EXTENSIVE REPAIR WORK. JETTY WORK WEST OF ROAD 30 IS ALSO PLANNED.
LAMAR DIVISION: 134G AND 251D HEAD GATES WILL BE REPLACED ALONG WITH WELDING REPAIRS TO SEVERAL OF THE CHECKS.
NOVEMBER REPORTS
2009
EQUIPMENT SERVICES: # 2, # 8, # 17, # 21, # 68
EQUIPMENT REPAIRS: # 2- FRONT BRAKES, BOTH ROTORS TURNED, # 8- REAR BRAKES, # 17- ANTI-FREEZE REPLACED, # 22- REPLACE BATTERIES, #48- FLUSH RADIATOR, ADD NEW ANTI-FREEZE, # 68- REPAIR HYDRAULIC HOSE, #86- REPLACE TWO AIR BAGS
CANAL MAINTENANCE
STORAGE CANAL: A NEW DRAIN GATE HAS BEEN PUT IN NEAR THE HORSE CREEK PLUG TO KEEP WATER FROM BUILDING UP ON THE PLUG WALL DURING SUMMER RAINS. THE PLUG WASHED OUT ONCE DURING THE SUMMER AND CAME CLOSE ANOTHER TIME. THE NEW, WIDER BRIDGE FLOOR AT THE HEADGATES IS FINISHING CURE TIME WHILE THE RAILING IS BEING PUT UP. THE BLADDER DAM HAS BEEN RAISED AND WASHED OF SAND BUILD- UP. THE NEW RADIAL GATES ARE RAISED AND WATER IS FLOWING BACK TO THE RIVER VIA THE WASTEWAY. THE ADOBE RESERVOIR BUBBLER IS ON LINE AGAIN AFTER BEING DOWN FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS. THE MUFFLER AT THE WATERS END OF ORIFICE LINE BECAME SEDIMENT PLUGGED. THE NEW SATELLITE SITE AT ADOBE CREEK ABOVE THE RESERVOIR WILL COME ON LINE FOR 11/5/09 TO TEST THE EQUIPMENT. IT WILL BE READY FOR THE COMING IRRIGATION SEASON. A NEW SIDE WALL ON THE NEW STAFF GAGE SIDE AT ADOBARCO WILL BE POURED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS
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LAJUNTA DIVISION: OTHER THAN CLEANING IN FRONT OF WEIRS AND HAULING SAND NO OTHER WORK WAS DONE IN THE DIVISION THIS MONTH.
LASANIMAS DIVISION: CLEANING IN FRONT OF WEIR BOXES AND SOME SAND HAULING TOOK PLACE DURING THE MONTH.
LIMESTONE DIVISION: CLEANING IN FRONT OF WEIR BOXES AND SOME SAND HAULING WERE DONE AS MOST OF THE MONTHS WORK TOOK PLACE ON THE STORAGE SYSTEM.
LAMAR DIVISION: CLEANING IN FRONT OF WEIRS AND CLEARING THE BASIN INLET OF TRASH WERE THE MAIN WORK DONE IN THE DIVISION FOR THE MONTH.
WATER: THIS HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD FOUR WEEKS WITH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS PLUS THE RIVER RAISING ENOUGH TO ALLOW US TO BE NEAR OR AT OUR SECOND DECREE EVEN BEFORE DISTRICT 67 WENT OUT ON 11/1/09. WE WERE LOOKING AT FINISHING WITH 25 RUNS AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE COULD END WITH 33 RUNS. THE YOUNG HAY AND NEW WHEAT SHOULD GET A GREAT JUMP START FROM THIS FALL MOISTURE.
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