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CWCB board approves multiple loans, including Hyatt Lake rehabilitation and Redlands lift-station renovation

Colorado Water Conservation Board · November 20, 2025

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Summary

The CWCB board approved staff recommendations for several water-project loans: a $611,050 loan to Farmers High Line Canal for Hyatt Lake dam rehabilitation, a ~$1.2 million loan for Redlands Water & Power lift-station renovation, and separately approved the $151.5 million Fort Collins Halligan projects-bill loan (discussed in a separate article).

At its November meeting the Colorado Water Conservation Board approved staff-recommended loan assistance for several dam and infrastructure projects.

Farmers High Line Canal & Reservoir Company received approval for a $611,050 loan (severance-tax perpetual base fund, 10 years at 2.35%) to rehabilitate Hyatt Lake Dam, addressing state-engineer-identified seepage and toe-drain problems. The work includes installation of larger (8-inch) toe drains with two-stage soil filters, replacement of an antiquated weir with a measurement structure, channel realignment and removal and abandonment of an older outlet. Construction was already underway and expected to complete in 2025; the loan will allow removal of a storage restriction imposed in 2018.

The board also approved a $1,212,000 loan to Redlands Water & Power Company (20 years at 3.25%) to renovate Lift Station No. 2 in Mesa County after an in-situ pump failure and electrical hazard. The project replaces antiquated fixed-speed drives with three new pumps and variable-frequency drives (VFDs), relocates electrical gear to an adjacent building, and is designed to reduce energy use and improve operational safety. The borrower estimated energy savings nearly offset loan repayment costs.

Separately, the board approved a projects-bill loan request from the City of Fort Collins for the Halligan Water Supply Project (the subject of a separate agenda item). Each loan was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.