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<br />~ <br />. C\l <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />to firm the water supply for industrial expansion and associated <br /> <br />municipal water needs. Great interest has been shown in obtaining <br /> <br />regulated water supplies near the Nucla coal reserves to stabilize <br /> <br />and expand present operations to meet continuously increasing power <br /> <br />requirements. Interest has also been expressed in the establishment <br /> <br />of a wood pulp or pulp and paper mill to utilize the products of <br /> <br />nearby forests. Development of the area's potash reserves and the <br /> <br />use of water in secondary oil and gas recovery operations represent <br /> <br />other potential water needs. <br /> <br />The growing number of tourists in the project area is <br /> <br />creating a need for water recreation areas such as would be provided <br /> <br />by the San Miguel project. Reservoir areas would help fill the de- <br /> <br />mand for fishin~picnicking and other outdoor recreation opportuni- <br /> <br />ties. In the generally arid project area where water-oriented <br /> <br />features are a rare and particularly valued attraction, stream and <br /> <br />reservoir fisheries would be maintained, a nesting area for water- <br /> <br />fowl established and important new opportunities provided for <br /> <br />various types of aquatic sports. Damaging spring flows of the San <br /> <br />Miguel River would also be reduced by the project. <br /> <br />Under the proposed plan of development, irrigation water <br /> <br />supplies would be increased by an average of 77,800 acre-feet <br /> <br />annually for the supplemental service of 12,530 acres of presently <br /> <br />irrigated land now having inadequate supplies, and for the full <br /> <br />San Miguel project <br /> <br />-2- <br />