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<br />LJIllC1IMOO~COlilll\IlIElll <br /> <br />PAGE 2 <br /> <br />THE ENTIRE FINANCIAL ECONOMY OF THE AREA COULD BE LOST. <br /> <br />P,L THOUGH THE EFFECT WOULD LESS DRAMATIC THAN AT MANCOS, <br />THE EXISTING \'lATER RIGHTS PROVIDING WATER FOR AT LEAST 1fJ'\nm ACRES <br />0:: LAND I\ND 30,000 OF THE PEOPLE LOCATED HI THE COLORADO PORTION OF <br />THE SAN JUAN BASIN WOULD BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY A No.1 INDIAN PRIOR- <br />ITY RIGHT. THROUGH A CALL ON THE COLORADO RIVER AT LEE FERRY, ALL <br />COLORADO RIVER I'IATER RIGHTS IN COLORADO, INCLUDING THOSE FOR DIVER- <br />SIONS THROUGH THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TO THE EASTERN SLOPE OF COLO- <br />RADO, WOULD BE INDIRECTLY AFFECTED. THE CUMULATIVE ECONOMIC EFFECT <br />COULD BE TREMENDOUS. <br /> <br />THE DOLORES PROJECT AND THE ACCOMPANYING ANIMAS-LA-PLATA <br />PROJECT WOULD DEVELOP THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS OF WATER FOR USE BY THE <br />UTE TRIBES. <br /> <br />ACRES <br /> <br />FULL <br />IRRIGATION <br />_S!J.ITJ.L... <br />ACRF-FEH <br /> <br />~lUNICIPAL & <br />I Nfl~~Hi I AL <br />i~CBF-FEn) <br /> <br />T 0'1:2.1- <br />(. .,,' - ,.-....-\ <br />I.d_ <;",-1" ~ t,; ) <br />I_.".I.-~......... <br /> <br />DOLORES PROJECT <br />UTE MOUNTAIN TRIBE <br /> <br />7,5()() 22,900 <br /> <br />Lnnn <br /> <br />"rx (;nf\ <br />L...;.Ji -, <br /> <br />J\fIINAS-LA PLATA PROJECT" <br /> <br />UTE MOUNTAIN UTE TRIBE <br />12,060 <br />SOUTHERN UTE TRIBE j,30JJ <br /> <br />'fOP,L I ND IAN DEVELOPMENT <br />EOTH TRIBES 21,860 48,300 33,500 24.J0~ <br />'1;;:::\;;ES ON TENTATIVE PLAN \\'HICH IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REFINI::D [.'0 A <br />PART OF THE DEFINITE PLAN STUDIES. <br /> <br />THE TRIBES HAVE EACH INDICATED THEY ARE rlUCH V,OREiNT?:'> <br />ESTED IN RECEIVING "WET" WATER FRCrr. "I'HE PRO,IECTS HiMl n:EY ;,':.",n '3[0 <br />HI m::CEIVHIG A "HANDFUL OF PAPEH WilT::::; 1~IGHTS" WITH l'iO FI\CII.lTIE~ TO <br />FUT THE RIGHTS TO USE. THEY HtNE Fi.:::~:liER ! NI: I CATED r:li:Y \'iOU', ,,-' <br />\'ILLH!G TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS \'IHEf'lEBY THEY WOULD FOREGO U~,E :', <br /> <br />21. 6nrl <br />3.80Q <br /> <br />r-; nnn <br />J _- 0'" <br /> <br />25... son <br /> <br />rn "~') <br />// I ~:11):_ <br /> <br />~:n '~'if' <br />;L<.~~.LJ.L.l <br /> <br />-13- <br />