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<br />OUTSIDE TI-lE RESERVATION THAT TI-lE TRIBE RECENll.Y PURCI-VISED. THE PROJECT <br />HILL DEVELOP A FULL IRRIGATION SUPPLY FOR 751'11') ACRES OF RESERVATION LAND <br />THAT WILL ALLO\~ A SUBSTANTIAL EXPANSION OF THE TRIBES' MEAGER AGRICUL- <br />TURAL ENTERPRISE. <br /> <br />IN THE INDIAN COM'1UNITY OF TOWAOC AND LARGE SEGMENTS OF THE RURAL PRO- <br />JECT AREA RESIDENTS Hl\VE HL\D TO Hl\UL THEIR IJG"'1ESTIC WATER FROM DISTANT <br />SOURCES AND STORE IT IN CISTERNS FOR LATER USE. THE PROJECT WOULD SERVE <br />THESE NEEDS AS WELL AS A SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPLY FOR TI-lE CIlY OF CoRTEZ, THE <br />Tm~NS OF lbVE CREEK AND lbLORES AND AN EXISTING RURAL DOMESTIC WATER <br />SYSTEM. <br /> <br />NON:'INDIAN AGRICULlURE LANDS ARE NOW EITHER PARTIALLY IRRIGATED WITH AN <br />INADEQUATE SUPPlY OR ARE DRY-FARMED UNDER MARGINAL PRECIPITATION CONDI- <br />TIONS. CRop FAILURES ARE FREQUENT AND THE GENERAL FARM ECONOMY IS IN- <br />SECURE. THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE 13,700 ACRE-FEET OF SUPPLEMENTAL IRRI- <br />GATION WATER FOR 26,290 ACRES OF LAND UNDER TI-lE EXISTING flbNTEZlW\ VAlJE( <br />IRRIGATION CcMPANY SYSTEM AND 54,200 ACRE-FEET OF WATER TO FULLY IRRI- <br />GATE 27,860 ACRES LOCATED IN ll-IE DoVE CREEK AREA. THIS WILL SUBSTAN- <br />TIALLY INCREASE CROP PRODUCTION AND PERMIT A I"DRE DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE <br />THI\T CAN BffiER ~IITHSTAND BOTI-I DROlJfHS AND ADVERSE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. <br /> <br />THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE FOUR CORNERS TOURISM REGION, <br />PROJECT FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE FOUR STORAGE RESERVOIRS WHICH WILL PRO- <br />VIDE WATER ORIENTED RECREATION FOR TI-lE TRAVELING TOURIST. t'tPHEE <br />RESERVOIR, LOCATED ON TI-lE DoLORES RIVER AND THE LARGEST OF TI-lE FOUR <br />RESERVOIRS, \\'OULD Hl\VE A 20ll ACRE INACTIVE STORAGE POOL AND A ~lINIMUM <br />DEPTH OF FLUClUATING POOL TI-lUS PROVIDING AN EXCELLENT HABIlAT FOR FISH <br />/l.s NELL AS RECREATION. THE PROJECT WILL STABILIZE TI-lE OPERATION OF THREE <br />~'bNTEZUM.l\ VALLEY IRRIGATION CoMPANY RESERVOIRS TI-lUS ENI-VINCING RECREATION <br />AND FISHING AT TI-IOSE SITES. <br /> <br />PRESENTLY TI-lE lbLORES RIVER IS FULLY DEPLETtD DURING THE LATE SL~1MER, <br />IN THE VICINITY OF TI-lE t'tPHEE DAMSITE FROM DIVERSIONS BY THE ~bITEZUr"v.\ <br />V/J,U_EY IRRIGATION CoMPANY AND Oll-IER IRRIGATION USES, THE PROJECT WOULD <br />PROVIDE STORAGE RELEASES FROM THE RESERVOIR AVERAGING (5)1'l1') ACHE-FEET <br />Ar~NUALLY FOR TI-lE PURPOSE OF RESTORING TI-lE 1f3 MILE REACH OF SmEN1 BELO\'! <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />-5- <br />