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<br />. Table 4. -Animas River average annual diversion
<br /> at Durango Pwnping Plant1
<br /> (acre-feet)
<br /> Phase I
<br /> Phase II
<br />Month Stage A Stage B (total Project)
<br />January 3,530 4,020 2,990
<br />February 3,180 3,800 2,780
<br />March 4,110 6,840 5,260
<br />April 4,150 14,810 13,650
<br />May 4,570 22,420 21,560
<br />June 4,440 27,040 28,410
<br />July 4,090 21,360 22,170
<br />August 3,480 12,790 13,600
<br />September 2,870 7,750 8,470
<br />October 4,020 8,290 9,170
<br />November 3,410 4,730 4,750
<br />December 3,700 4,470 3,550
<br />Total' 45,600 138,320 136,360
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<br />, Histoncal hydrology record 1929-89 used.
<br />2 This is not the total water supply for the Project because additional diversions occur at
<br />other locations within the Project area.
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<br />Phase II - Water Supply, Facilities, and Operation (Proposed
<br />Plan)
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<br />Phase II - Water Supply
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<br />Following future ESA consultation with the Service, an additional water supply could be developed
<br />for Project uses of up to a total of 191,230 acre-feet annually (using the total depletion of up to
<br />149,220 acre-feet) (table 2). The total water supply is reduced from that shown in the 1980 FES
<br />Plan because of the elimination of Project lands in the La Plata River drainage.
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<br />Phase II - Facilities
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<br />Additional Project facilities that would be constructed and operated for Phase II are listed in
<br />table 1. Those facilities would complete Phase II, as defmed in the 1986 Cost Sharing Agreement.
<br />Phase II facilities that would be constructed include Southern Ute Dam and Reservoir; La Plata
<br />Diversion Dam; the remaining portion of Dry Side Canal, which would be extended to near the Ute
<br />Mountain Ute Reservation boundary; New Mexico Irrigation Canal; Alkali Gulch, Ute Mountain,
<br />Southern Ute, and Third Terrace Pumping Plants; and the laterals to serve the Phase II lands.
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<br />In addition, the remaining portion of Southern Ute Inlet Canal would be constructed to deliver.
<br />water to Southern Ute Reservoir. With this and the construction of the New Mexico Irrigation
<br />Canal, the Southern Ute Interim Irrigation Canal would no longer be needed and would be
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