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<br />of irrigation and 50,000 acre-feet for municipal and industrial uses as-
<br />sociated with the potential oil shale industry. The land area served
<br />would include 28,890 acres of supplemental service land and 21,960 acres
<br />of full service land. The project would also provide benefits to fish
<br />and wildlife conservation and flood control. Because uses other than for
<br />irrigation and municipal and industrial purposes have not yet been evalu-
<br />ated, the estimated project cost of $30,646,000 has been tentatively allo-
<br />cated to irrigation ($23,545,000) and municipal and industrial uses
<br />($7,101,000). About $12,299,000 would be paid by local interests and
<br />$18,347,000 would be required from funds apportioned to Colorado from the
<br />Colorado River Storage project and payments by other state and local in-
<br />terests. The project would deplete flows of the Colorado River by about
<br />57,000 acre-feet annually.
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<br />Bluestone
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<br />The Bluestone project would develop flows of the Colorado River to
<br />provide 10,200 acre-feet of water annually for irrigation and 8,800 acre-
<br />feet for municipal and industrial use. The irrigated area would include
<br />2,645 acres of supplemental service land and 1,910 acres of full service
<br />land. The project would also provide benefits to fish and wildlife and
<br />recreation. Because only irrigation and municipal and industrial uses
<br />have been appraised in the present feasibility investigations, the esti-
<br />mated project cost of $9,458,000 has been tentatively allocated to irri-
<br />gation ($3,972,400) and to municipal and industrial use ($5,485,600).
<br />About $6,832,000 would be paid by local interes~and $2,626,400 would be
<br />required from revenues apportioned to Colorado from the Colorado River
<br />Basin Fund and from revenues provided by state and local interests. The
<br />project would deplete flows of the Colorado River by about 7,000 acre-
<br />feet annually.
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<br />Grand Mesa
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<br />The Grand Mesa project would regulate Gunnison River tributary flows
<br />to develop 54,800 acre-feet of water annually for the irrigation of 17,160
<br />acres of supplemental service land and 14,540 acres of full service land.
<br />The project would also provide benefits to flood control, fish and wild-
<br />life conservation, and recreation. Since uses other than irrigation have
<br />not yet been appraised, the total estimated project cost of $33,300,000
<br />has tentatively been allocated to irrigation. About $6,820,000 of the
<br />cost would be paid by local interes~and $26,480,000 would be required
<br />from revenues apportioned to Colorado from the Upper Colorado River Basin
<br />Fund. The project would deplete flows of the Colorado River by approxi-
<br />mately 27,000 acre-feet annually.
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<br />Upper Gunnison
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<br />The Upper Gunnison project would regulate flows of the Gunnison River
<br />and tributaries for hydroelectric power generation, irrigation, recreation,
<br />and fish and wildlife propagation. About 76,236,000 kilowatt-hours of
<br />power annually would be generated and 73,100 acre-feet of water annually
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