WSP11296

• File Number: 8220.100.40
• Description: CRSP
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 6/30/1967
• Author: USDOI
• Title: Eleventh Annual Report on the Statuts of the Colorado River Storage Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

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Construction continued on the Poncha-Midway section of the Curecanti-
Midway 230 KV Transmission Une. AJ3 of J\.ine 30, 1967, work on this line
was approximately 86 per cent complete. Also during F. Y. 1967, contracts
were placed for the equipment to be installed in the Midway Substation.
It is anticipated that specifications will be issued in August 1967 for
construction of the substation. stage 02 additions to Pinnacle Peak Sub-
station were completed by the contractor, Jelco Incorporated. The contract
was accepted as complete effective September 30, 1966.

The following tabulation shows the circuit miles of transmission lines in
service as of June 30, 1967:

345 KV
476.4

138 KV
315.0

230 KV
792.5

115KV
117.5

Total

1,701.4

As of June 30, 1967, eight substations were in service with a total capacity
of 3,553,124 KVA.

BOSTvlICK PARK PARTICIPATING PROJE~, COLORADO

This multipurpose project is located in west-central ColoradO in Gunnison
and M:>ntrose Counties near the cHy of Montrose. The project will provide
a full water supply to 1,610 acres of land and a supplemental supply to
4,500 acres. It will also provide benefits to fish and wildlife and
recreation.

Construction was launched when the contract to build Silver Jack Dam was
awarded on October 4, 1966, to the joint venture of Johnson Brothers
Highway and Heavy Constructors, Inc., and D. H. Blattner and Sons, Inc.,
Utchfield, Minnesota, on the low bid of $3,539,101.

Silver Jack Dam, an.earthfill embankment about 138 feet high and 1,070
feet long, will be built on Cim arron Creek at an elevation of about
8,940 feet. Its reservoir will have a total capacity of 13,520 acre-
feet. The contract also includes the construction of a concrete spillway,
outlet works, various appurtell8.nt concrete structures, and 1.1 miles of
. access and service roads. 1'he work will take about 4 years to complete.
As of June 30, 1967, the construction work was 23 per cent completed.

CENTRAL l1l'Al! PARTICIPATING PROJE~, BONNEVILLE UNIT, UTAH

The Bonneville Unit is a part of the Initial Phase of the Central Utah
Project. It is located in central Utah in the eastern part of the
Bonneville Basin and in the western part of the Uinta Basin. It will
provide a full water supply for the irrigation of 43,740 acres of additional
land, a supplemental water supply to 112,790 acres of partially irrigated
lands, 79,000 acre-feet of water annually for municipal use, and 133,500