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<br />SM concept plan. doc <br />8/16/04- <br />Page 7 of 10 <br /> <br />.r ) <br /> <br />Plan Detail <br /> <br />JUSTIFY I DOCUMENT NEEDS <br />Municipal & Industrial I Norwood Water Commission <br />The Norwood Water Commission (UNWell) supplies potable water to rural <br />customers on Wright's Mesa and to the towns of Norwood and Redvale. The <br />NWC system consists of a 36 million gallon raw water rese11!oir, a 400 gallon per <br />minute (Ugpm") treatment plant, 700~OOO gallons of treated water storage in <br />enclosed tanks) the pipelines connecting these facilities, and the treated water <br />distribution system. Raw water is obtained from Gurley Reservoir, Gardner <br />Spring, and wells. Approximately 700 taps are served by the system. The annual <br />demand is 180 AF. <br /> <br />~) <br /> <br />Municipal' & Industrial I Upper San Miguel River Basin Plans of Augmentation <br />Growth in the upper San Miguel River Basin is approximately ??% per year. Get <br />. Erin to explain and quantify the "eed~ <br /> <br />Tri State Nucla Power Plant Backup Supply <br />Tri..State Generation and Transmission Association, owns and operates a ?? <br />megawatt coal fired electric generation plant along the San Miguel River, near <br />Nucla. While the Company has a ?? cfs senior water right and ?? AF of storage <br />in Trout Lake, the present drought, specifically the 2002 season,. has convinced <br />the Company of the need for additional backup supply. Get Paul to elab"rate. <br /> <br />Late Season In-stream flow I San Miguel River <br />The ?? ditch, which diverts water for irrigation in the Nucla area Jis a large <br />senior water right on the San Miguel River. It diverts all of the late season flow <br />just upstream of Nucla. Therefore, there is very little water in the river below the <br />diversion, until the San Miguel and the Dolores join approximately 12 miles <br />dawnstream~ There is a need to store spring runoff to augment the flow in this <br />