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<br />r.c <br />0') <br />,,~ <br />0-4 <br /> <br />::~) <br /> <br />Throus,h storage regulnt:i.on of st',cc.:Lnflows tha.t are p.r('~.;(:ncly <br /> <br />unusable, a larger and more dependabl~ wccer supply could he prD~'d; <br /> <br />for the 3.rca. Add it ional ctl,nals \'lould be requL:ed to con'll.-:'/ 1,].;:r:-::: :-. <br /> <br />to the lareer land area that would be i"r:ci,;';.:t::ed and to dis:.J..'L[)u~:-~t.,,;~ <br /> <br />points for municipal and industrial use. <br /> <br />Plan <br /> <br />The yellow Jacket Project would DC> comprised of t,,,, ph:"cically <br /> <br />separated segments. The l.Jhite River or southern segment \07"'0'0 <br /> <br />develop flows of the North Fork of l.}hitc ;U.ver and Lost Cr.,,+, a <br />. <br /> <br />tributary, for irrigation, municipal, a~(I industrial use iu the <br /> <br />vicinity of Meeker, Colorado. SonJe >'later also \vould be divlO,tcd to <br /> <br />Lost Creek from Williams Fork of the Yampa River. The Ei.lk Cree!" <br /> <br />or northern proj ect segment would develop ~::al,f,r of l1ilk Cree!', a <br /> <br />Yampa River tributary, for irrigation of lands north of Axial , Co]op;,o. <br /> <br />Two potential reservoirs in the l,,~ite River National Por2st <br /> <br />boundary would regulate flows of the North Fork of the White River. <br /> <br />The Ripple Reservoir, with a total capacity of 20,000 acre-feet, <br /> <br />would be formed by a dam on the North Fork near the point \"hc.;:e <br /> <br />the stream crosses the Garfield-Rio Blanco County boundary. The <br /> <br />Lost Park Reservoir, with a total capacity of 24,500 acre-feet, <br /> <br />would be fonned by a dam on Lost Creek at a point about 3 p::L os abov <br /> <br />the creek's junction with the North Fork. The Lost Park fC2d0r Cana~ <br /> <br />would convey additional water to the reservoir from trtbur.arics of <br /> <br />the South Fork of Williams Fork River in the Yampa River Basin. <br />