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<br />McPhee Reservoir to the existing system of the Montezuma Valley Irrige- <br />tion Company; and the Towaoc Cenal extending through the Montezuma Valley <br />to the Towaoc area. All main canals would be open and earthlined. <br /> <br />Sprinkler irrigation systems are planned for all of the full service <br />lands. lands in the established Montezuma Valley area would continue to <br />be served by existing gravity systems. The sprinkler system for the <br />Dove Creek area would include six pumping plants to provide pressure at <br />farm turnouts. In the Towaoc area, pressure would be developed in the <br />pipe lateral system from the ground slope. The lateral systems would be <br />asbestos cement and concrete pressure pipes and would be buried to aid <br />in preservation of the scenery. Project drainage will be provided for <br />the Dove Creek and Towaoc areas. <br /> <br />Irrigation scheduling would be implemented on all full service land to <br />assure the application of the proper amount of water for a given crop at <br />the proper time. The ideal quantities and timing of the irrigation <br />applications would be predicted from analyses of temperature, precipi- <br />tation, solar rediation, and local soil moisture and crop characteristics <br /> <br />Municipal and industrial water would be made available from project <br />features to treatment facilities to be constructed by the water users. <br />The water users would provide facilities for distribution of the water. <br />The project reservoirs--McPhee, Monument Creek and Dawson Draw--and the <br />Totten Lake Dikes would provide new lake fisheries, waterfowl habitat <br />and significant water-oriented recreational opportunities. Basic <br />recreational opportunities would be improved at the Narraguinnep, Totten <br />and Ground Hog Reservoirs which now provide irrigation storage for the <br />Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company. The water surfaces of these reser~ <br />voirs would be stabilized as the functions of the reservoirs for irri- <br />gation water storaga would ba largely shifted to McPhee Reservoir. <br /> <br />About 10 miles of a relatively poor stream fishery on the Dolores River <br />would be flooded by McPhee Reservoir. The stream fishery in the river <br />below the reservoir, however, would be greatly enhanced as a result of <br />project operations. The fishery would benefit from reservoir releases <br />made specifically for fish, from controlled spring reservoir releases <br /> <br />7 <br />