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<br />dOLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT
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<br />108,000-kilowatt powerplant and switchyard is now 65 percent com-
<br />pleted',' Fabrication of the turbines and generators is nearing com-
<br />pletion with the turbines 100 percent completed and the generators
<br />91 percent completed. The first of the three 36,000-kilowattgen-
<br />eratingunits is sqheduled to go on the line in October 1963 with the
<br />last generator to 'go into operation in March 1964.
<br />The completedlproject, comprising the dam, reservoir,powerplant,
<br />switchyard, and camp, will be operated by the Bureau beginning in
<br />fiscal year 1964; , '
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<br />G~EN' CANYON STo:aAGE UNIT, ARIZON~
<br />Work is slightly ahead of schedule on the $133,008,991 prime con-
<br />tract for constructing the nO-foot-high concrete arch dam and the
<br />900,000-kilowatt ,!,owerplant. Physical comple~ion is estimated at
<br />95 percent, By' June 30, about 4,884,000 cubIC yards of concrete
<br />had been placed ih the dam which will have a total volume of 5 million
<br />cubic yards whenlit is completed. The damjs scheduled to be topped
<br />out i11 August 1963, , _
<br />"StorageofwlltI'r in Lake Powell began on M!\rch 13, 1963, BY'the
<br />end of the fiscal, ear the reservoir cOntained 'lpproJ<illl!\tely 2 million
<br />acre-feet of Wate ,; "
<br />About 26' perc.'ent of the work has been accomplished under the
<br />'contract ,for comj\letin'g thepo":erpla~t,, "witchyard!, and appurtenant
<br />works., P.ower from the first of the SIght 112,500-kJlowatt generators
<br />is scheduled to'go on the line in June 1964. The remaining generators
<br />are, to go on the lire, at about 4-month intervals with the last generator
<br />scheduled for Julr 1966, "
<br />1iA VAJO STORAGE UNIT, NEW MEXICO
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<br />'Navajo Dam Has been essentially completed, and was dedicated in
<br />aceremonyheld!atthe damsitein September 1962. Navajo will be
<br />the first major feature of the storage 'project to be completed,
<br />, ' :An agreement' ~as consummated during the year with the Oorps of
<br />Engineers to evaluate the potential flood control benefits of the Navajo
<br />U:nit.Thisdata'willbe used in making the final allocation of Navajo
<br />unit costs, '" ' '
<br />The Navajo u:hit willp~ovide irrigation water by stora~e of !he
<br />flows of the Sa~ Juan RIver for the,110.630-acre NavajO IndIan
<br />irrigation project, Principal features of the unit are theN avajo
<br />Dam and the 1,V09.000-acre-foot Navajo Reservoir,
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<br />TRANSMISSION DIVISION
<br />Oonstruction _~ctivities advanced- during the xear on the inter-
<br />connected power transmission system which will transmit power
<br />fromthli -projectlpowerplthi.ts to widespread areas in the upper 0010-
<br />radd'River Basirl States. Oonstruction was underway on more than
<br />li20'0mileso'fhlgh"voltagelines and associated' substations during
<br />the -ye8;r.' :Oontracts were awarded ' for construction of a- microwave
<br />radio systen: and digitaldisl?atching sys~emfor supervision, cO!'t~ol,
<br />and prote,ctlO'n'~f tli.eC(lmbmed, generatIng 'and power -,transmissIOn
<br />system: "":' ' "
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