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Board briefed on North Creek irrigation piping project; staff recommends partial loan covering 30.7% of cost
Summary
North Creek Irrigation Company (Sanpete County) asked the board for financing help to pipe seven miles of open ditch and upgrade headworks to reduce about 45% conveyance losses; staff recommended a loan covering 30.7% of project cost, up to $1,732,000, at 1% interest for approx. 27 years.
North Creek Irrigation Company, which serves about 43 shareholders on roughly 800 acres north of Mount Pleasant in Sanpete County, has asked the Division of Water Resources for a loan to pressurize and pipe roughly seven miles of open ditch and to upgrade headworks and turnouts.
Staff told the board the system now loses about 45% in conveyance losses and the project is expected to save about 1,600 acre-feet annually; a Zions Public Finance economic analysis produced a 50‑year benefit‑cost ratio of 1.14. Staff recommended the…
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