FLOOD10335

• County: Mesa
• Stream Name: Indian Wash
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Watershed Work Plan - Indian Wash Watershed, Mesa County, CO
• Date: 9/1/1961
• Prepared By: Upper Grand Valley Soil Conservation District
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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Mesa County and the City of Grand Junction will provide the
necessary funds for the costs involved in the administration of the
construction contract ($600) and in obtaining land, easements, and
rights-of-way ($380). Most of the land to be occupied by proposed
structure IW-l is Federal rangeland under the jurisdiction of the
Bureau of Land Management, and as such will be provided without
cost. The remaining easements on privately-owned land will be
acquired by Mesa County and the City of Grand Junction under exi sting
authority. The legal costs involved are estimated at $100.

The services of technical specialists Will be provided by the
Soil Conservation Service to assist in designing structures, preparing
and interpreting plans and specifications, checking and assisting
in issuance of bids, supervising construction, preparing contract
payment estimates, making final inspections, executing certificates
of completion, and performing related duties in the establishment of
the proposed floodwater-retarding structure.

The City of Grand Junction will be the contracting local
organization.

A written agreement will be entered into between the Commissioners
of Mesa County, the City of Grand Junction, and the Supervisors of the
Upper Grand Valley Soil Conservation District, as sponsors, outlining
the responsibilities that each organization will assume in connection
with the installation and proper functioning of the project.

PROVISIONS FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

Land Treatment Measures

The land treatment measures for watershed protection on privately-
owned lands will be maintained by the individual landowners or
operators of the farms and ranches on which the measures are applied
under agreement with the Upper Grand Valley Soil Conservation District.
Representatives of the District and the Soil Conservation Service
will make periodic inspections of the land treatment measures to
determine maintenance needs and will encourage owners and operators
to perform necessary maintenance.

The land treatment measures installed on Federal rangelands will
be maintained by the Bureau of Land Hanagement. Funds for this will
be other than those provided by Public Law 566.