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<br />COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT
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<br />the principal items of] the cost of constructing, operating, and main-
<br />tainiug the project to'June 30, 1963, and are summarized as follows:
<br />Activltv
<br />Construction costs: . Cost to date
<br />Construction work in!progress____________________________ $345,628,877
<br />Completed plant in B~rvice__----------------------------- 52,957,434
<br />Serv~.ce facilities____.;._____n__n________________________ 14,282,.874
<br />Investigation costs (l.lndistributed advance planning)________ 8,832,-871
<br />Operl1tion and maintena~ce costs: Operation and maintenance
<br />costs financed by funds fMIvanced from water user organizations_ 8,301
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<br />Total___________~___________________________________ 421,710,357
<br />, J?etails with respect t~ the foregoing, identified by project or ac-
<br />tIVIty, are shown respectIvely on schedules Nos. 1, 2, 3, arid 4, and
<br />exhibit B attached. .,
<br />Highlights of certafu of the major activities are set forth in the
<br />following paragraphs: _
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<br />CUREC~NTI STORAGE UNIT, COLORADO
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<br />The Curecanti unit,Jocated in west central Colorado, is one of four
<br />authorized storage unry; of the Colorado River storage project. The
<br />project features inclU;de Blue Mesa, Morrow Point, and Crystal
<br />Dams, powerplants, a9.d switchyards, The primary purposes of the
<br />unit are regulation ana storage of floodf!ows of the Gunnison River
<br />and generation of hydfoelectric power, .
<br />Constr,!-ction. was u*d~rway at J.un~ 30, 1963, on two of the thre~
<br />dams whICh WIll comprrse the prmcIpal features of the CurecautI
<br />unit. Blue Mesa Datu and powerplant, the uppermost dam in the
<br />series, was 39 percent' complete. This earthfill dam will stand 340
<br />feet high and will reqjIire placement of 3 million cubic yards of fill,
<br />The powerplant will h!tve a capacity of 60,000-kilowatts,
<br />In May 1963 a $15,!l36,066 contract was awarded for construction
<br />of the Morrow Point :Qlam and powerplant, second dam in the series.
<br />This dam will .be a cQncrete arch-type structure approximately 465
<br />feet high and 720 feet long at the crest, The underground power-
<br />plant will house two g'enerators with a combined capacity of .120,000
<br />kilowatts, The contr'ltctor started work in June on access mads
<br />and construction office's at the site.
<br />In December 1962 d supplemental economic justification report on
<br />the Crystal Dam anq powerplant was approved by the Secretary
<br />arid certified to the pr;esident and the Congress that the benefits -will
<br />~ exceed the cost of theiCrystal segment of the Curecanti unit, Con-
<br />struction of this third, dam and powerplant may begin when funds
<br />are appropriated.: .
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<br />FLAM1:fw GORGE STORAGE UNIT, UTAH
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<br />The. Flaming Gorgejuam, fir~t to be built.o~ theGre~n :Ri:"er{wa~
<br />topped out on Nove,*ber 15,,1962, at a heIght of502 feet' above
<br />bedrock, Storage of ~aterbegan in November and by .Tune 1963
<br />the reservoir containe</: approximately 600,000 acre~feet.of water,' .
<br />.Work under the prijne contract forconstriIctirig the concrete arch
<br />dam was started earlyjin 1957 and was 98 percent completed at .the
<br />end of fiscal year 19~3, A separate contract for completing th.~
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