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<br />UlI1753 <br />PRO.i~C'.l: Bluez tone Extension <br /> <br />l13y 1970 <br /> <br />STATUS: Rcconn~is~~nce <br /> <br />LOCATION; On th~ Calc.~do Rive. betw~~n the communities of Grand V~lley and <br />DcBcque, Coio~edo <br /> <br />SPONSORING AGENCY: Bluestone Wct~r Con~cirvcucy District organized J~, 14, 1963 <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION: <br /> <br />Dcpcndin3 on future conditions in the Bluc~tone Project ~ren) the plan could <br />be e"te:1d~d to include the 196,OOO-ccre-foot Una Reservoir cnd PO\-ierplant on <br />the Calorado River about 4 miles cast of DeBeque. Tte reservoir \;ould provide <br />w~tcr fo= municipal ~nd industriGl u~cs ~nd genc~3tion of hydroelectric power, <br />r~duce d3~~ging floods in the Colo~~dD River, and increase oppDrtunitic~ for <br />rc~rcacion ~cd fishing. Also by ret~ininz sedL~cnt and stabilizing streemflows, <br />the reservoir would Lo'prove the vcter sup?lies for users llrJ1lediately downstream. <br />"ecreation ,md fishery opportunitics vould be provided :Jt the reservoir and the <br />improved stream conditions would enhcnce the stream fishery below the reservair. <br />No irrigation would be associated with the extension. <br /> <br />PROJECT PURPOSES: <br /> <br />11unicincl and do,nestic l'Ic::er: Averege annual supply af 73,000 acre-feet <br />Cud benefits of $2,223,000 annually. <br /> <br />~ecreJti~n: Pre1imincry cnnual benefits of $1,650,000 based on 1,500,000 <br />visitatianc ~ith full development <br /> <br />,ish .1nd Hildlife: Prelminary ~nnual benefits of $135,000 <br /> <br />Flood control: Benefits af $12,000 ennually <br /> <br />~: The powerplant would have a capacity af 28,050 kilowatts and could <br />produce an average' of 134,560,000 kilowatt hours af electrical energy' <br />annually. <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />.-----------..-- <br /> <br />~~ <br />