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<br />. <br /> <br />."J <br /> <br />'" <br />, i <br />I"- <br />,... <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />102 Columbine Building <br />1845 Sherman Street <br />Denver. Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />March, 1976 <br /> <br />SAN MIGUEL PROJECT <br /> <br />The San Miguel project area is in southwestern Colorado in the <br />San Miguel River basin area. The principal towns in the area are <br />Norwood, Nucla and Naturita. The project was authorized by the <br />Congress in 1968 as a participating project of the Colorado. River <br />Storage Project. The San Miguel Water Conservancy District was <br />organized in 1957 as the sponsoring and contractual agency for the <br />project. The district includes portions of Montrose and San Miguel <br />counties. <br /> <br />Plan of Development (Feasibility Report) <br /> <br />The San Miguel project is a multiple-purpose water resource <br />development which would regulate flows of the San Miguel River for <br />irrigation, municipal and industrial use. fish and wildlife conser- <br />vation, recreation and flood control. <br /> <br />River flows would be regulated at the Saltado Reservoir. <br />Releases would be made from the reservoir to the river for existing <br />water rights, municipal and industrial use, and fish and wildlife. <br />Other water for irrigation, municipal and industrial use, and fish <br />and wildlife would be released into the Norwood Canal which would <br />divert from the outlet of Saltado Dam. The Norwood Canal would be <br />the first link in a chain of irrigation facilities that would <br />extend west from Saltado Reservoir, generally along the southern <br />perimeter of the irrigable land area. This chain would include in <br />successive order the Naturita Reservoir at the terminus of the <br />Norwood Canal, the Basin Canal heading at the Naturita Reservoir, <br />the Radium Reservoir which would receive water from the Basin <br />Canal, and the Paradox Canal heading on West Fork of Dry Creek <br />below the outlet of Radium Reservoir. The Mailbox Park Canal <br />would branch northwest from the Norwood Canal and the Long Park <br />lateral would branch from the Paradox Canal. Other distribution <br />laterals and land drains would be provided as needed. Existing <br />reservoirs and distribution systems would be integrated with the <br />project irrigation system and exchanges effected to bring project <br />water to some lands above project works. <br />