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<br />The Animas-La Plata Project is located in the
<br />Upper Colorildo RIver Bilsin in La Plata cmd
<br />Montezuma Count l(,.5 oC Rnllth""cNl~rll Co lor;ulu :lIld
<br />in San Juan Cvunt:y Ol norlhwestern New Mex lco.
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<br />The I)rojcc.'t would ~wrvc aR n lIlullJI)lc purpose
<br />.....ater resourcc.~ dcvC'lopment. Munie i1'a 1 .1111.l
<br />industrial water would be furniBhed tu the citie>s
<br />of Durango, Colorado; and Aztec. Bloomfield, nnd
<br />Farminr,ton. New Ml!xlco; to stlrr'olllldjll~ ('ommuni-
<br />ttCH LlIul L1w Nav.l)n IndIan TrJl,,'; ;llld lo till'
<br />Southern Ute amI Ull.! Hountnln Ute IndIan 'l'ribc.:s
<br />for the development of their resources.
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<br />The project would alRO provide irrir,at1on water
<br />for land in the Ln 1)1:1t3 River dr"llnagc.' nnd for
<br />som~ land on the Ut\.~ Mountain Ute Illdian Reser-
<br />vat.ion in the Hanr.mi IUvcr drahlt1I',l'. OPl'ortu-
<br />nith"s would h~ madl! for rl.~l~ccalilllwl dcvnlop-
<br />ment and for fish und wildlife cnhnucl..'lnCnt at
<br />projeoct res~rvoirs. ^ cultur.al cN.ourCl'tl pro-
<br />gram wou ld also bt... included to col h.'ct ...II\J pre-
<br />serve cultural resources.
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<br />STATUS
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<br />The Animas-La Plata Pt'oJcct W.lfl auth<.Jrizel.l for
<br />construl~tlon by the Colorndtl River n.isln Act or
<br />Soptembcr 30. 1968 (1'ublic I.uw 90-537). as :1
<br />p31.ti.dpat1ng projoct under the Colul"ndo River
<br />Storage Project Act or April 11, 1956 \'r1u;.,' tc
<br />Law 84-485). Project ~lnn~iing hns been completed.
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<br />The final environmentul st.1~F.rncnt WU}l filed with
<br />the Envirvmncntal Protcc.:ti')n Agency in Jui~. 1~80.
<br />and the definite plun rCiJort wae; Ilrprovl~d in
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<br />The Animns-I.a Plata HOlter Conservtlncy District "-as
<br />form~d on ~r~h 6, 19~1. nnd a hnnrd of directors
<br />hag bt"'~n named. NC'goci.,tinnH 'dll be initi.lted in
<br />the imIRediate future on the rcnaym~nt contr.let.
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<br />Thl' nlain storage feature uf the project .....ould be
<br />Rldl~CS U'-lsin R,:'s<,'rvoir. which 'Would be locutcd
<br />off8trcam southwest of the city of Durango. The
<br />Durango Pumpin~; Plant. south of the city) would
<br />pump Animas River .....uter to Ridges Basin Reser-
<br />voir. Stored wnter would be rcleas~J as required
<br />h"ck tu th\.' ^nlmas I{lvl~r ror ^ztt'c, Hlovmfll,lll.
<br />Fnrud nf~tur,) and the Nnvajo Lndian 'l'r lbc. Durango
<br />and th(' surroundin~ area would obtain Clunicipal
<br />and industrial water from Ridges Basin Reservoir.
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<br />Ridges Basin Reservoir would also provide ~torage
<br />ror the Utu Mountain Ute Indian Trib~ '::; indus-
<br />trlal and Jrrip,ation water and for irrigation of
<br />.laud In Colorado.
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<br />Ridges 80181n Pumping Plant, which would be located
<br />on th\! w('stern l'dr~c uf the reservoir. ....oulfl pump
<br />water into the Dry Side C"nal. through L.:>ug HoHow
<br />Tunnel into the La Plata River drainOlge. 'i.he cannl
<br />would provide watar for Indian an~ non-lndian proj-
<br />ect land in Colorado ~nd mun1cip~l and industrial
<br />water for rural Col~rado users and the Ute Mountain
<br />. Ute Indian Tribe.
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<br />Another stoi-ng,e fe"ture, Southern Ute Res~rvoir,
<br />would mt'~t the municipal and industrin.l ,;,uter
<br />rl~qujrements of thi:' Southern Ute hldian Tribe
<br />.Ind the irrjgntion rt1quiremt:nts of projt:'!':t bl:d
<br />in New MexIco. T:u.! r(>s(~rvo:ir would be l(Jc'.l;;~d
<br />cast of the La Plnta River on th~ C(l!or.'l..jo-:-iew
<br />~.lcxico Stale line anJ would store river il"w8,
<br />irrir,ation return flows. and water 1'1l1lliwd lrl')rJ
<br />Rilll~(,R lS<lfdn l{.csoJrvo.ir to the Dry S~.jl,! C:lIlal
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