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<br />" <br /> <br />M <br /> <br />.w.. <br />V)'1~~\~ ~' <br />COE5RADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />823 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sh'erman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />March 1977 <br /> <br />FRUITLAND MESA PROJECT <br /> <br />The Fruitland Mesa Project is located in the Gunnison River Basin of <br />west-central Colorado. Project lands are located south of the Smith <br />Fork of the Gunnison River and east and north of the Black Canyon of <br />the Gunnison national recreation area near the TO'<R of Crawford. The <br />project was authorized in 1964 as a participating project of the Colo- <br />radoRiver Storage Project Act. The Fruitland Mesa Water Conservancy <br />District was organized in 1960 as the sponsoring and contractual agency <br />for the project. This, district includes portions of Delta, Gunnison, <br />and Montrose Counties. <br /> <br />Plan of Development <br /> <br />Water provided by a storage reservoir on Soap Creek and from <br />Curecanti Creek will be diverted, through the Black Mesa Conduit to <br />supplement the flows of Crystal Creek, all tributaries of the Gunnison <br />River. The releases from Black Mesa Conduit and direct flows from <br />Crystal Cre~k will be diverted by existing systems and by the proposed <br />Fruitland Canal. The initial portion of the Fruitland Canal will be a <br />replacement for the existing Gould Canal, from which water is presently <br />supplied to the Gould Reservoir and Gould Canal. <br /> <br />The Fruitland Canal, would continue westward to provide irrigation <br />for 6 proposed new farm units and 26 units for the enlargeme~t of existing <br />small farms and to provide water for private lands not now being irrigated. <br />A pipeline will'be constructed for the National Park. Service to provide <br />the Black Canyon monument area with approxirrrately 15 acre-feet of water <br />annually. Irrigation laterals from the Fruitland Canal will be constructed <br />as needed to serve the new lands. <br /> <br />Recreational, facilities will be provided at the Milly K. Goodwin <br />Lake. Fisheries will be created at the reservoir along Soap Creek and <br />at the privately owned Gould Reservoir. Irrigation replacements for <br />the maintenance of a fishery pool at Gould Reservoir will be made to <br />the reservoir owners froTIl.Fruitland Canal. Minimum flows for fish will <br />be maintained along Soap Creek and Curecanti. Creek. <br /> <br />Project Costs (January 1976 prices) <br /> <br />Irrigation <br /> <br />$ <br /> <br />84,789,OOd <br /> <br />Recreation, fish and wildlife <br /> <br />2,586,000 <br /> <br />Land acquisition and disposition <br /> <br />925,000 <br /> <br />Total Cost <br /> <br />$ <br /> <br />.88,300,000 <br />