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<br />for the irrigation of 18,690 acres of supplemental service land and 15,580
<br />acres of full service land. Reconnaissance data indicate that the proj-
<br />ect would cost $36,721,000 of which $2,765,500 would be paid by local in-
<br />terests, $12,452,000 from project power revenues, and $15,991,800 vould
<br />be required from revenues apportioned to Colorado from the Upper Colorado
<br />River Basin Fund and state and local interests. About $5,512,200 would
<br />be nonreimbursable in accordance vith Public Law 89-76. Depletion to the
<br />Colorado River would be about 21,000 acre-feet annually.
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<br />Feasibility investigations scheduled
<br />(Reconnaissance data available)
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<br />Juniper
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<br />The Juniper project, also referred to as the Lower Yampa Valley proj-
<br />ect, would develop about 155,000 acre-feet of water annually for irriga-
<br />tion and hydroelectric power production. It would also provide benefits
<br />to fish and vildlife and recreation. The project would supply water for
<br />3,790 acres of supplemental service land and 42,470 acres of full se~'ice
<br />land and generate about 138,000,000 kilowatt-hours of energy annually.
<br />It would cost about $54,492,000 to construct, of which $5,540,000 would
<br />be nonreimbursable. About $23,833,000 of the cost would be repaid by
<br />project power users, irrigators, and local interest~ and the remaining
<br />$25,119,000 would be repaid from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.
<br />Including evaporation from Juniper reservoir, the project vould deplete
<br />the flows of the Colorado River by about 102,000 acre-feet annually.
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<br />Basalt
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<br />The Basalt project would utilize about 58,500 acre-feet of water
<br />annually from Ruedi Reservoir constructed as an initial feature of the
<br />Fryingpan-Arkansas project and from local streams. The water would be
<br />used for the irrigation of 6,130 acres of supplemental service land and
<br />14,360 acres of full service land. Project effects other than irrigation
<br />have not been evaluated, but the towns of Basalt and Carbondale have in-
<br />dicated an interest in obtaining municipal water from the project. The
<br />project would cost about $17,545,000, all of which has been tentatively
<br />allocated to irrigation. About $3,900,000 would be repaid by irrigators
<br />and local interests and the remaining $13,645,000 would be repaid from
<br />the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund or other sources. The project vould
<br />deplete the flovs of the Colorado River by about 26,000 acre-feet annually.
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<br />Yampa Valley
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<br />The Yampa Valley project, also referred to as the Upper Yampa Valley
<br />project, would develop about 135,000 acre-feet of water annually for
<br />7,260 acres of supplemental service land and 43,975 acres of full service
<br />land. The project would likely provide benefits to recreation, fish and
<br />wildlife, and flood control. Construction would cost about $21,928,000,
<br />all of vhich has tentatively been allocated to irrigation. The irrigators
<br />and local interests would repay about $910,000 of this cost and the re-
<br />maining $21,018,000 would be repaid from the Upper Colorado River Basin
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