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" " 9~ Colorado River Storage Project Animas-La Plata Participating Project Colorado, New Mexico Location This project is located in southwestem Colorado and northwestem New Mexico. Description The authorized project would provide 80,100 acre-feet annually of municipal and industrial (M&I) water supplies. This project is designed to satisfy the requirements of the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988. New M&I water supplies of 7,600 acre feet would be provided for the Navajo Tribe; 6,000 acre-feet for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; and 26,500 acre-feet for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. M&I water of 9,200 acre feet would also be provided for Colorado non-Indians (for Durango and La Plata and adjacent rural areas) and 30,800 acre-feet for New Mexico communities and rural areas. The project would provide a full water supply for the irrigation of 11,980 acres of Ute Mountain Ute Indian tribal land, 31,500 acres of non-Indian land in Colorado, 1,800 acres of Southem Ute Indian Reservation tribal land, and 4,530 acres of non-Indian land in New Mexico. A supplemental supply would be provided for 17,650 acres of presently irrigated land. Benefits would also result from recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement. Authorization Public Law 90-537, September 3D, 1968, and Public Law 100-585, November 3, 1988. Land certification January 19, 1982. As required by Public Law 99-294 (1986), a supplemental trace element assessment was completed for the arable land area of the Animas-La Plata Project. Definite plan report Approved August 18, 1960. Benefrt-cost ratio as of October 1, 1996 In response to the Inspector General's report, Reclamation has updated its economic analysis, This analysis and a range of benefit-cost ratios was shared with Congress in July 1995 and continues to be refined. Completion data A cost-sharing agreement was signed with State, Federal, and Tribal entities on June 3D, 1986, providing that Phase I of the project would be constructed in not less than 12 years from initial construction. In order to meet the deadlines contained in the 1986 Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act and to honor its trust responsibilities, the Bureau of Reclamation must show substantial progress in completion of Ridges Basin Dam and Collection System in the next few years. Construction - 197 "