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SUMMARY SHEET Animas-La Plata Project March 1980 Page 1 oL 3 ~ !:Qf.~ . The Animas-La Plata Project is located in the Upper CoJorado Basin in La Plata and Hontezuma Counties of southwestern Colorado and in San Juan County of northwestern New Mexico. PURPOSE The project would serve as a multiple purpose water resource development. Municipal and industrial water would be furnished to the cities of Durango, Colo., and Aztec and Farm- ington, N. Mex., and to surrounding communi- ties and for the development of resources on the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservations. The project would also provide irrigation water primarily for land in the La Plata River drainage and for some land in the Mancos River drainage. Opportunities would be made for recreational development and for fish and wildlife enhancement at project reservoi rs. ~ The Animas-La Plata Project was authorized for construction by the Colorado River Basin Act of September 30, 1968 (Public Law 90-537) as a participating project under the Colorado River Storage Project Act of April 11, 1956 (Public Law 84-485). The project 1s in the advanced planning stage. . A Draft Definite Plan Report was completed in September 1979, and the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and public hearing in mid calendar year 1979_ The Final Environmental Statement is to be filed with EPA in early calendar year 1980. The President's budget for FY8Q includes $450,000 to continue the advanced planning. PLAlI The main storage feature of the project would be Ridges Basin Reservoir, located southwest of the city of Durango. The Durango Pumping Plant, south of the city, would pump Animas River Water to Ridges Basin Reservoir. Stored water would be released as required back to the Animas River for Aztec, Farmington and other potential municipal and industrial users in New Nexico. Durango and ttie surrounding communities would obtain their additional municipal and industrial water from Ridges Basin Reservoir. Ridges Basin Reservoir would also provide stor- age for the Ute ~fuuntain Ute Indian Tribe industrial and irrigation water and for Colo- rado irrigation water. . The Ridges Basin Pumping Plant. located on the western edge of the reservoir, would pump water from the reservoir in.to Dry Side Canal, through Long Hollow Tunnel to the La Plata River Drain- age. The canal would provide water for the Colorado Indian and non-Indian project land and municipal and industrial water for the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Tribes. Southern Ute Reservoir would store 1.a Plata River flows and irrip:ation return flows diverted into the reservoir through the Southern Ute Diversion Dam and Canal. Southern' Ute Reservoir would meet the municipal and industrial water requirements of the South- ern Ute Indians and the irrigation requirements of the New Mexico project lands. Should not enough La Plata River water be available from the reservoir to meet these requirements, addi- tional water would come from Ridges Basin Reser- voir (through Ridges Basin Pumping Plant, Dry Side Canal and the La Plata River). Owners of presently irrigated lands immediately north of the Dry Side Canal. would be given an opportunity to buy supplemental water from the La Plata River. This water is presently used below the proposed canal, but with proje~t sup- ply available south of the proposed canal, this water could be used elsewhere. Existing ditches would distribute the water. Sprinkler irrigation would be used on all pro- ject lands except above the Dry Side Canal. The lateral systems would provide sprinkler pressure at each farm turnout. Pumping plants would provide this pressure where the ground slope is insufficient to pressurize the pipe- line. Project drainage would also be furnished, where required, on project land. Fisheries would be created in the inactive pools of Ridges Basin and Southern Ute Reservoirs. In addition, recreational facilities would be pro- vided at these reservoirs. @ L!,. D1JRAN<Xl , ttloa:s BASl!<l r[/Hrl~C: PlMOTS lRR1GATio:,-p~Pu.NTS i1 prvlect Lond, . DRY SlOP. , @.. . . "CANA...':... L;/ .-'"-",,@l,. " -r . ~LS:';" /fi7DGES .. .....-t.E"0"....};.-';..../:5." BASIN _.---1 ,.~~.: ....."-',.. ". RES. ~.... 'I -.' .."f\~.<: ~ ~I;':~~:;';;::'('}~.';'" ('It ~ t;..,.iC'.,,+> ,.....;'A SOUTHERN .... ,.l~ [ .i.. ~ UTE RES \. +",,~~1 ---: ,...~ . -.~J,'f7.i~>_-",1 I ,~; ~ - - ~E,:'~~1 ~~ - ~-4~ NW~~::~~co .~~ A. t~ "'~... tJ\,' .,-:.._" .4'____.<\.... J' ~J J ____'&'t.-_. ,OUlHItRII UTIt IHVI"" 1I!5Uy"nON ... (@3 . '" ....... t - FARMINGTON 20