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<br />" t1~~1;: wiUbe from the Lit, tleColorado River wll.tershedand
<br />1~O.P25 acre feet from the San Juan watershed.
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<br />! " Shipr90k Pro.1eot. Within the Navajo Reservation in New
<br />M~)d.~o"inthe Vioinity of Shiprook, is a reasonably oompact
<br />e.;~lli: of potentially irrigable land, oomprillingat least
<br />. T~Opo aort!s. Irrigation of thisa,rea woul<irequire the con-
<br />s !"u~tion6f a storage ,reservoir on the SanJuan, together
<br />, ,,!;hi aoanli.l and lateral syst,em. l'heBureau of Reolamation
<br />, h, $ti.lc\ied the possibility of oonstruot~ng a 125.000 M,re
<br />l' &tisttt!"age dam, on the. San Juan River near the Col()rado"
<br />, N ,. Jilext'oostate line, together with a diversion d.,1UI1 near '
<br />B,'~,n~.o and','a grav~ty CO"nduit,extending.. about 75 miles", t.,o"
<br />t~e land. :A pwnpJ.ng 11.ft of about 100 feet would be requir",
<br />e~ t6 irri€late part of the area which lies above the oonduit
<br />1 qation, The Indian Serv':l.oa is studying this plan and poss- '
<br />i ~etm6dtfioations of it. The average annual diversion re-
<br />q~fr4ments for this projeot, regardless of the plan adopt~dj
<br />wqUld be approximately 350,000 acre feet. '
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<br />'i1lQnj.Unent Rooks prh~eot: Within the Navajo Reserva.tion
<br />n~t1i of:: thp San Juan ver,isa reasonable, compact area of
<br />pibe~tially irrigable land which is included in the propcsed
<br />d,' JiopmentJ of the Animas",Ia Plate. Project propOsed by the
<br />-B "ellt'u ,of~",Olamation;Thispotenl;ially irrigablearea totals
<br />250:0aore8' It is estimated that the average annuo:l,diver,- ,',
<br />s1 . :lrte.quirements would amount ,to 127 ,500 acre feet. 'Piiitatl,
<br />Iive~~~rei required in order to de;f'ine the area and p,t1ll1e.re
<br />o~t :.1estiJ1lates; The oost ofsuohsurveys io estil11l!;ted, at':.
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<br />I '~soel~aneous SmallPro.1eotsl Within the Navajo Reserva..
<br />t:1!>nbl' 1l'ew:,Mexioo are abo\!t 30 small irrigation developmen'\ls,
<br />anpjs~ve~al:addHional small projeotsareproposed for 'develop- j
<br />me t.; Tl.l.e present irrigated area aggregailea 12.000 aores,~d
<br />t ." p}op~se9 additional developments total 10.500 aores, iltak-
<br />':in: a: total aggregate of 22,500 acres. The water supply is
<br />se \!redtromthe San Juan River and numerous misoellaneoUs
<br />st ~8!\ls~rilPlite.ry. toth$San Juan River; The present avei;'~ge
<br />. ua~ d:ive~sion is 60,000 aore feet, and ,the aVerage ann\!a1<
<br />dire, r~,'." ion" r~.qUirement for the ,Ultima. t. e,."i.rd.gablearea is. es.,t.i-
<br />malled, at 1121500 acre feet. The deve),opment cost of these
<br />~llpr~je<lts, inol\!ding supjugatill,(';the.land.isestimateq
<br />atjtl.bQut$2,000.,000, although additional surveysarerequir$d
<br />to [de;f':ine the areas and prepare acc\!rate oost estimates. The
<br />0041; of suoR additional studies will be apprOXimately $10<<000,'
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<br />!. ~.In Utah are four small projeots on whioh lU',enow t
<br />ir~*g4te~ 4':l5 aores and whioh will ultimately be expanded to, 1
<br />in1iu<l.e 1,3~0 aores of irr:igat$d larid.
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