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c.c CJ:> ..... SAN MIGUEL PROJ.EX:T Authorized Plan The san Miguel Project is located in San Miguel and l-bntrose Counties in Southwestern Colorado in the Upper Colorado River Basin. It was authorized by Congress as a part of the Colorado River Basin project Act (P.L. 90-537) on September 30, 1968. The project would develop the flows of the san Miguel River to: (1) supply 44,000 acre-feet of water annually for municipal and industrial needs, (2) irrigate 12,520 acres of supplemen'taJ.-serv1ce land, (3) expand recreation opportunities, (4) increase fish and wildlife habitat, and (5) provide flood control. Flows of the San Miguel River would be regulated at the saltado Reser.roir. Releases would be made from the reservoir to the river for existing water rights, municipal and industrial use, and fish and wildlife. Other water for h'l'Jgation, municipal and industrial use, and fish and wildlife would be released into the Norwood Canal. The Norwood Canal would be the first link in a chain of irrigation facilities that would extend west from Saltado Reservoir. This chain would include in successive order the Naturita Reservoir at the terminus of the Norwood Canal, the Basin Canal heading at the Naturita Reservoir, the Radium Reservoir which would receive water from the Basin Canal, and the Paradox Canal heading on West Fork of Dry Creek below the outlet of Radium Reservoir. Lateral and drains would be proVided as needed. Existing reservoirs and distribution systems would be integrated with the project irrigation system and exchanges effected to bring project water to some lands above project works. Municipal and industrial water would be made available in the San Miguel River and in the Naturita and Radium Reservoirs. Recreational facilities would be proVided at the three project reservoirs. The Saltado Reservoir would be operated for flood. control on the basis of runoff forecasts. Measures for fish and wildlife would include maintenance of minimum flows and channel improvements in the river below Saltado Reservoir, provision for two interconnected sections at Radium Reservoir and control of water elevations for waterfowl in the east section, a 200-acre irrigated water- fowl preserve adjacent to Radium Reservoir, and sport f'isheries at each project reservoir. Statistics relating to the authorized plan are shown on page Advance Planning Revisions Advance-planning-studies-were initiated in fiscal year 1972. Under uninter- rupted funding conditions, a Definite Plan R"I'Ort could be completed by the end of fiscal year 1976. A time 9<:,]}...1tt1.. for the I"mject jEt shown on page 6