Animas-La PLata Project Environmental Impact Statement

Durango Pumping Plant
Maximum pump capacity is 280 cfs. Pumping limited to 240
$36.3
cfs in June for endangered species requirements
Ridges Basin Inlet Conduit
Delivers water from Durango Pumping Plant to Ridges Basin
$8.7
Reservoir. Length of conduit is 11,200 feet and diameter of
pipe is 66 inches. Maximum design capacity of the conduit is
280 cfs.
Water Acquisition Fund
A fund to be used at the discretion of the Ute Tribes for either
$40.0
the purchase of water rights to satisfy 13,000 acre -feet per year
depletion or for other economic development by the Tribes
Cultural Resources Mitigation
Mitigation includes survey, recovery, protection, preservation
$9.0
and display of cultural resources.
Wetland, Fish, and Wildlife
Included in the cost is $2.1 million for a fish hatchery and
$12.8
Mitigation
fisherman access.
Subtotal. Cost of Project Componentsa
$251.8
Other Components
Navajo Nation Municipal
Pipeline would deliver 4,680 acre -feet of water to seven
$24.0
Pipeline
Navajo chapters located between Farmington to Shiprock,
New Mexico. Total length of pipeline is 28.9 miles. Capacity
of pipeline and pumping plant would be 12.9 cfs. New water
storage tanks of 5.5 million gallon capacity would be required.
Subtotal. Cost of Other Components
$24.0
COST TO IMPLEMENT THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE
$275.8
Project Costs Through FY
These costs, commonly referred to as sunk costs, are costs that
$68.0
1998
have been expended on the project and cannot be recovered.
They include planning preconstruction investigations, data
gathering and analyses, and field investigations leading to the
preparation of various planning and environmental reports
through FY 1998.
TOTAL COSTS FOR THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE
$343.8
a Project costs are the cost to construct and implement the various com onents of the ALP Project.
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