Animas-La Plata Water Rights

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f. JUNCTION CREEK DIVERSION DAM AND VIPEXONE. The
diversion dam will be a 40 foot long concrete gravity overflow spillway
section with a gated sluiceway, intake structure and concrete walls to the
edge of the canyon. The diversion is located at a point froze whence the
Southwest corner of Section 31, Township 36 North, Range 9 West, N. M. P. M. ,
bears North 51 °151 East, a distance of 2,200 feet. The Junction Creek Pipe-
line will be constructed of concrete pressure pipe with a capacity of 100 c. f. s
and will extend 2.3 miles from the diversion dam to the Animas Mountain
Reservoir. The source of water will be Junction Creek: and Animas River
water transported to Junction Creek through the Animas Diversion Canal.
The water will be used for municipal, industrial and miscellaneous purposes
in the City of Durango.
g. Mc DERMOTT CANAL diverts from the Animas Diversion Canal
to serve lands southward in Colorado and New .Mexico. This canal is approx-
imately 33.4 miles long having an initial capacity of about 230 c. f. s.- and a term-
inal capacity of about 25 c. f, s. About 55 lateral and turnout structures will
be constructed with built -in measuring devices. The diversion from -!he
Animas Diversion Canal is located at a point from whence the corner common .
to Sections 14, 15, 22 and 23, Township 34 North, Range II West, N. M. P. M. ,
bears South 21 °231 West, a distance of 4620 feet. The source of water in this
canal is the Animas River diverted by the Animas Diversion Canal.
h. RED MESA CANAL diverts from the Animas Diversion Canal to
serve lands in the La Plata, Colorado area. It is approximately 10 miles long,
having an initial capacity of approximately 235 c. f. s. and a terminal capacity
of 20 c. f. s. About 29 laterals and turnouts will be constructed with built -in
measuring devices. The diversion from the Animas Diversion Canal is located _