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UPPER BASIN DEPLETIONS 37 Dolores Project A feasibility report was prepared in 1963, and the project was authorized by Public Law 90-537 on September 30, 1968. A definite plan report was completed in April 1977 with modifications to the original plan to meet Indian requirements. Total depletions are estimated to be 80,900 acre-feet annually. Average annual consumptive use will be 70,250 acre-feet for irrigation, 4,350 acre-feet for municipal and industrial use, and 6,300 acre-feet for evaporation. Reclamation estimates that reservoir evaporation and the bulk of the irrigation uses will deplete the Colorado River system by 37,000 acre-feet in 1990 and 80,000 acre-feet by 2000. By 2010, the project will be fully operational at 80,900 acre-feet. Fruitland Mesa Project The project was authorized as a participating project of the Colorado River Storage Project by Public Law 88-568 on September 2, 1964. The authorization was based on a feasibility report prepared in 1963. A definite plan report was prepared in June 1967 and a repayment contract executed in June 1969. Minor construction work was completed on the existing Gould Canal in 1973, but no other construction has been accomplished. The project plan was substantially revised, as described in the August 1977 definite plan report. Depletions then totaled 21,300 acre-feet. The President's Water Project Review in 1977 resulted in deletion of funding for the project, and no construction funding has been provided. The project has not been deauthorized. It is, therefore, considered on a deferred status until funding is provided. For planning purposes, an administrative decision was made by Reclamation to defer depletions until after 2030. Savery-Pot Hook Project The project was authorized as a participating project of the Colorado River Storage Project by Public Law 88-568 on September 2, 1964. The authorization was based upon a feasibility report prepared in 1962. A definite plan report was prepared in June 1971, revised in January 1972, and updated by an advance definite plan report in May 1977. Stream depletions in the 1977 report are 11,900 acre-feet for Colorado and 10,500 acre-feet for Wyoming. The President's Water Project Review in 1977 resulted in deletion offunding for the project, and no construction funding has been provided. The project was not deauthorized. It is, therefore, considered to be on a deferred status until funding is provided. For planning purposes an administrative decision was made by Reclamation to defer depletions until after 2030. San Miguel Project A Feasibility Report was prepared in 1966, and the project was authorized as a participating project of the Colorado-River Storage Project by the Colorado River Basin Project Act (Public Law 90-537) on September 30, 1968. Advance planning studies have continued and various plans have been considered, but none are feasible based upon current policies and procedures for planning water and related land resources. A wide array of development plans has been investigated including a mix of agricultural, municipal, and industrial uses. Reclamation prepared a planning report summarizing data available. The report included data from a large acreage alternative, a small acreage alternative, and a conservation alternative. Figures for depletion were selected from the small acreage alternative which included depletions of 12,000 acre-feet for irrigation, 12,000 acre-feet for industrial use, and 1,000 acre-feet for municipal use. For planning purposes, an administrative decision was made by Reclamation to defer depletions until after 2030. Upper Gunnison River Basin Projects Water rights with a priority date of November 13,1957, for the Wayne N. Aspinall Unit (formerly Curecanti Unit) of the Colorado River Storage Project were granted by the State of Colorado to the Colorado River Water