7897

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7897
• Author: Apodaca, L. E., N. E. Driver, V. C. Stephens and N. E. Spahr.
• Title: Environmental Setting And Implications On Water Quality, Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado And Utah.
• USFW Year: 1996.
• USFW - Doc Type: Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4263,
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 3. Major Interbasin water transfers, water diversions, reservoirs, and municipal discharges in the Upper
Colorado River Basin study unit
[Map number coincides with numbers in figure 9. Data from Britton and Wentz, 1980; Northwest Colorado Council of
Governments, 1989; Upper Colorado River Commission, 1993; Ugland and others, 1994]
Map number

(fig. 9) Structure name Water quantity
Interbasin water transfers (acre-feeUyr)
1 Alva B. Adams Tunnel 206,400
2 Hazold D. Roberts Tunnel 124,200
3 Charles H. Boustead Tunnel 88,740
4 Twin Lakes Tunnel 62,660
5 Moffat Water Tunnel 34,470
6 Homestake Tunnel 28,110
7 Grand River Ditch 24,770
8 Hoosier Pass Tunnel 11,040
9 Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel 4,980
Water diversions a (acre-feetlyr)
1 Highline Canal 852,000
2 Orchard Mesa Irrigation Ditches 575,330
3 Redlands Canal 517,700
4 Gunnison Tunnel (South Canal Montrose) 331,000
5 Grand Valley Canal 261,820
6 Montrose and Delta Canal (C Canal) 1$9,890
7 Ironstone Canal 113,890
Reservolrs j (acre-feet)
1 Blue Mesa Reservoir 829,600
2 Lake Granby 465,600
3 Dillon Reservoir 254,000
4 Green Mountain Reservoir 146,900
5 Morrow Point Reservoir 121,200
6 Taylor Park Reservoir 106,200
7 Ruedi Reservoir 102,300
8 Williams Fork Reservoir 96,820
9 Ridgway Reservoir 84,590
Municipal discharges a (acre-feetlyr)
1 Grand Junction 7,448
2 Avon 2,351
3 Vail Wastewater Plant 2,145
4 Aspen Treatment Plan 1,895
5 Montrose 1,675
6 Breckenridge 1,438
7 Silverthorne/Dillon 1,395
R Gunnison 1,347
9 Delta 1,217
l0 Glenwood Springs 873
t Interbasin water transfers conveying greater than 4,500 acre-feet per year are listed. Data aze for 1993.
Z Water diversions greater than 100,000 acre-feet per year at inlet structure are listed. Data are for 1993.
3 Reservoirs having normal capacity greater than 50,000 acre-feet are listed.
4 Municipal discharges for major cities greater than 850 acre-feet per year are listed. Data are for 1993.
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