7865

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7865
• Author: Wright Water Engineers, I.
• Title: Estimated Costs for East Branch Creek and Adobe Creek Reservoir Systems and Colorado River Pumping Facilities.
• USFW Year: 1990.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

Mr. Ed Rosar
March 21, 1990
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The Adobe Creek Reservoir is located, primarily in Section 1, Range 101 West, Township
10 South of the 6th Principal Meridian of Mesa County, Colorado. Table 2 gives a
summary of Adobe Creek Reservoir. A stage-storage curve is given in Figure 3.
I Table 2
Adobe Creek Reservoir

Water Surface Elevation 4,920 feet
Water Surface Area
Dam Height 320
90 acres
feet
Dam Crest Length 2,200 feet
Dam Embankment Volume
Storage Volume 200,000
8,500 cubic yards
acre-feet
In addition to the reservoir alternatives, pumping directly to the Canals with and without
the reservoirs was also considered. The alternatives investigated are briefly described as
follows:
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1. East Branch Creek Reservoir - 58 cfs capacity diversion/pump station and pipeline
to East Branch Creek Reservoir and reservoir release to canals.
2. Adobe Creek Reservoir - 36 cfs capacity diversion/pump station and pipeline to
Adobe Creek Reservoir and reservoirs release to canals.
3. East Branch Creek and Adobe Creek Reservoirs - 93 cfs capacity diversion/pump
station and pipeline to two reservoirs and reservoir releases to canals.
4. Combined Direct Pumping to Canals and Reservoir Flow to Canals -125 cfs capacity
diversion/pump station and pipelines to canals and reservoirs. Reservoir release
capacity of 185 cfs to canals for total canal supply of 310 cfs (125 cfs direct pumping
to canals plus 185 cfs release from reservoirs).
5. Direct Pumping to Canals from Mack Decreed Alternate Point of Diversion - 310
cfs capacity diversion/pump station and pipeline to canals (no reservoirs).
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