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Reclamation Awards $1.4 Million Contract for Work at Lemon Dam

Media Contact: Justyn Liff, 970-248-0625, jliff@usbr.gov
Tyler Artichoker, 970-385-6557, tartichoker@usbr.gov

For Release: September 08, 2016

DURANGO, Colo. – Reclamation has awarded a contract for $1.4 million to Gracon, LLC of Loveland, Colorado for fabricating and installing a steel intake bulkhead gate and refurbishing four trash racks and high-pressure slide gates at Lemon Dam located near Durango, Colo.

The bulkhead gate will seal the intake structure to provide a dry work environment for working on the high pressure slide gates while allowing flows into the Florida River to continue. The trash racks prevent unwanted debris from entering the intake structure and protect the high pressure gates that regulate flows through the dam.

Off-site fabrication for the steel intake bulkhead gate and other preparatory work will begin in September 2016. On-site work at Lemon Dam is tentatively scheduled to begin in late October 2016 and be completed in January 2017.

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