CWCB Repayment Contract ALP

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2. PROJECT WORKS
to the terms and conditions of this and other applicable contracts related specifically to
ject, the United States will construct the following Project Works and appurtenant
;s, acquire lands, and provide certain moveable property and equipment to the Project
Dr needed for Project operation and maintenance as, in the opinion of the United States in
ration with the Project Operations Committee, are necessary for Project purposes, without
imited by enumeration and within the limit of funds made available by the Congress and
parties.
► The Project Works are presently identified as the following:
(1) Ridges Basin Dam and Lake Nighthorse and appurtenant facilities, the main storage
facility for the Project, are located on Basin Creek in Ridges Basin approximately 3
miles southwest of Durango, Colorado. The reservoir will have a total capacity of
approximately 120,000 acre -feet.
(2) Durango Pumping Plant and appurtenant facilities are located adjacent to the Animas
River and will pump water from the Animas River for storage in Lake Nighthorse.
(3) Ridges Basin Inlet Conduit and appurtenant facilities extend from the Durango
Pumping Plant to Lake Nighthorse.
(4) Operation and Maintenance Facilities will be constructed as determined necessary by
the United States, after consultation with the Project Construction Coordinating
Committee, for the required operation and maintenance of Project Works.
The United States, after consultation with the State, shall have the right at any time to
tse the capacity of the Project Works or any unit or feature thereof for other than currently
rized project purposes without additional capital or operation and maintenance cost to the
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