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<br />~ <br /> <br />Uu2223 <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />months ago and the advance planning work is again in <br />progress. Most of the work has been concentrated on <br />additional investigations of the Ridgway Damsite. The <br />reservoir as now planned would inundate the town of <br />Ridgway and there are also some foundation problems at <br />the damsite. Because of these factors, four downstream <br />axes for the dam have been 80nsidered. In the studies to <br />date, the selection has been narrowed to the original axis <br />and one downstream location. These studies indicate that <br />the downstream axis would be geologically superior but <br />higher in cost than the original site. Work is now <br />beginning on additional foundation drilling and water <br />testing to provide data for final selection of the site. <br /> <br />Inquiries concerning the availability of Dallas <br />Creek project M&I water are continuing to be received by <br />the Bureau and the Tri-County Water Conservancy District. <br />Recently a request was received from the Kemmerer Coal <br />Company for 24,000 acre-feet of water in connection with <br />a potential coal-burning steam electric plant a few miles <br />upstream from Montrose, Colorado. <br /> <br />Considerable interest has been expressed by <br />representatives of several companies in obtaining Municipal <br />and Industrial water from the Yellow Jacket Project near <br />Meeker, Colorado. The project would provide about 50,000 <br />acre-feet of M&I water annually. Requests have been <br />received for a total of 80,000 to 100,000 acre-feet annually. <br />Representatives of the Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy Dis- <br />trict and the Bureau of Reclamation were in Washington <br />recently discussing the type of contract with the Consol- <br />idation Coal Company, a subsidiary of Conoco, concerning <br />20,000 to 30,000 acre-feet of M&I water. The draft of the <br />Yellow Jacket Project report was recently revised to reflect <br />the recent compromise for big game range improvement and to <br />provide additional stream by-passes for fishery purposes. <br />Project benefits, costs and financial data were also updated. <br /> <br />Some revisions have been made in the plan for the <br />Basalt Project near Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Since <br />foundation exploration at the Castle Creek Damsite indicated <br />that storage at the site would be quite costly, the Bureau <br />has been investigating alternative sources of water supply <br />for the City of Aspen and surrounding areas. These alter- <br />native sources include the Roaring Fork and its tributaries <br /> <br />-2- <br />