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• <br />area of 1,050 -acres and a total capacity of 61,550 acre-feet. <br />This alternative was eliminated from further consideration <br />because of significant additional legal and administrative <br />constraints for the state of Wyoming to construct a facility in <br />Colorado. <br />1.11 The proposed Fish Creek Dam and Reservoir would be located <br />on the North Fork of Savery Creek just downstream of its <br />confluence with Fish Creek. The reservoir would have a surface <br />area of 1,133 acres and a total initial capacity of 60,000 <br />acre-feet. This alternative was eliminated from further <br />consideratinn because the natural watershed above the dam is too <br />small to supply the yield. required by the planning objectives of <br />this project. <br />1.12 The alluvial aquifer in the Little Snake River Valley has <br />the potential to provide 200 acre-feet per year of ground water <br />for municipal supply. This aquifer could also provide 12,000 <br />acre-feet- per. year for the supplemental irrigation supply, <br />although water delivery to irrigators along Savery Creek would be <br />a problem. The Wasatch Fort Union and Mesaverde Formations are <br />the most Likely ground water sources for industrial use. This <br />alternative was eliminated because full development to provide <br />annual supplies of over 12,000 acre-feet from the alluvial <br />aquifer would deplete the surface stream flow of the Little Snake <br />River during periods of-low flow. In addition, ground water <br />mining, limited recharge, and poor quality of water from the deep <br />consolidated aquifers would restrict long-term development of <br />these ground water sources for industry. <br />1.13 Water conservation could, help extend existing. water <br />supplies, but it would fail to meet two of the sponsor's <br />objectives.- Conservation was eliminated as an alternative <br />U <br />1-4 <br />