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<br /> <br />Ridgway Reservoir <br /> <br />Ridgway Reservoir, the principal storage feature of the project, <br />would be formed by a dam on the Uncompahgre River approximately 6 miles <br />north of Ridgway and about a mile south of the stream I s junction 'Wi. th <br />Cow Creek. The reservoir would store surplus flows of the Uncompahgre <br />River and surplus flows of Cow Creek that would be conveyed through the <br />Cow Creek Feeder Canal. The reservoir would extend south up the Uncom- <br />pahgre River Canyon, with a branch along the side drainage of Alkali <br />Creek and a smaller branch along the side drainage of Dallas Creek. A <br />section of U.S. Highway 550 which passes through the reservoir basin <br />would be relocated to the east side of the reservoir with the relocated <br />section constructed to higher standards than the existing road. Plans <br />and estimates are based on the assumption that a line of the Denver and <br />Rio Grande Railroad between Montrose and Ridgway which runs through the <br />reservoir basin would be abandoned. <br /> <br /> <br />Aerial view of Ridgway Reservoir Basin with the potential <br />dam and high water line indicated. <br />