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f <br />APPLICANT: Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fishes of the Upper <br />Colorado River, <br />ACTING THROUGH the Bureau of Reclamation, <br />IN COOPERATION WITH the Grand Valley Water <br />Users Association. <br />PROJECT: Grand Valley Water Management Improvement <br />COST: $8.4 million <br />BENEFITS: <br />• Renovation of very old diversion works `i <br />* 28.5 KAF flow improvement for endangered fish without cost or <br />inconvenience to water users <br />• Expected to constitute part of RPA for ALL EXISTING DEPLETIONS <br />and some increment of new depletions (to be identified through Sec7 <br />consultation this winter) <br />GRAND VALLEY PROJECT NOTES <br />• 2 Divisions: "Orchard Mesa" + "Garfield Gravity" <br />• Both divert at Cameo (Grand Valley Diversion Dam -+ Government <br />Highline Canal) <br />• Palisade Irrigation District and Mesa County Irrigation District are also <br />served through the same diversion and a portion of the Government Highline <br />Canal under carriage contracts with GVWUA) <br />• ONLY GARFIELD GRAVITY DIVISION INCLUDED IN PROJECT <br />• Garfield Gravity Division = 1400 water users + 23.340 acres of irrigated <br />land <br />• Grand Valley Diversion Dam <br />• Government Highline Canal (50 miles) and laterals (160 miles) <br />• "flow- through system" without in- system storage /release capacity <br />• 60 KAF administrative spills <br />• 2 -3 day response time <br />♦ Orchard Mesa = 4,800 water users + 6,900 acres irrigated lands <br />• Colorado River Siphon <br />• Orchard Mesa Power Canal <br />• Grand Valley Power Plant <br />• Orchard Mesa PLunping Plant <br />• Orchard Mesa Canal System <br />