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:,< ~" 001583 . . PACIFIC SOU'J:I1l'fll}S'l' rNTER:-A~ COMbUTTEE Quarterly Report for Colorado 66-2 Meeting Construction Blue Mesa Dam of the CURECANTI UNIT is essentially com- plete. The prime contract and the contract for modification of the outlet worlUI have been finished except for some cleanup and minor construction work. At the present time the reservoir is at elevation 7,422 and extends approximately 17 miles upstream from the dam. storage amounts to 288,000 acre-feet. It is anticipated that the reservoir will be filled to rated head elevation of 7,438 this year. At that elevation the reservoir will be approximately 18 miles long and contain 360,627 acre-feet. ~fuen the reservoir is full the water surface elevation will be 7,519 with a length of 24 miles. Capa- city at that elevation will be 940,755 acre-feet. placement of concrete in Morrow point Dam was resumed on March 25. The highest block of concrete is about 165 feet above lowest bedrock. A total of 100,000 cubic yards of concrete has been placed to date compared with the total of 360,000 cubic yards to be in the finished dam. At the present time the contractor is placing about 9,000 cubic yards of concrete per week. All excavation work in the underground powerplant has been completed and concrete is now being placed in the structure. Good progress is being made on Rifle Gap Dam and other features of the silt project. The stilling basin of the dam is practically complete, and it is anticipated that the stream will be diverted through the outlet works in the near future. construction is well advanced on the Curecanti to Poncha section of the Curecanti to Midway power line. The contractor is stringing conductors and expects to have the work completed by August. project Authorization Five Colorado projects (Animas-La plata, Dolores, Dallas Creek, West Divide and San Miguel) have been included as participating