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Long Hollow Dam and Reservoir Phase I Summary Report <br /> municipal, industrial, fire protection, and beneficial uses within the District, and to release water <br /> to help meet Colorado's Compact delivery obligations to New Mexico. <br /> 1.6 Comparison of LHR Project with Red Mesa Ward Reservoir Enlargement <br /> A prior study evaluated the feasibility of enlarging the Red Mesa Ward Reservoir (RMWR) from <br /> its existing 1,172 AF capacity to 4,070 AF (WWE, April 2003). Overall, RMWR does not meet <br /> the intended purposes (described in Section 1.3) as well as the LHR project but has the clear <br /> advantage that it has already been granted a 404 Permit. <br /> RMWR is located on Hay Gulch approximately 16.5 river miles from the New Mexico state line. <br /> Releases from RMWR would incur transit losses because of natural streambed conditions <br /> making it difficult to provide Compact deliveries at the state line. LPWCD would need to enter <br /> into an agreement with Red Mesa Ward Reservoir & Ditch Company, the current RMWR owner, <br /> for operations, water allocation, and ownership. The opinion of cost for the RMWR <br /> Enlargement was estimated by WWE (WWE, April 2003) to be $7.1 million or $2,450 per AF, <br /> which is less overall, as well as per AF of storage, than the LHR project (see Table 6 and Section <br /> 8.4). <br /> 1.7 Report Organization <br /> The following sections of this Summary Report present findings for each item in the scope of <br /> work listed in Section 1.1. For many of these items, WWE and other LPWCD contractors <br /> previously have prepared reports, which may be referred to for more detailed descriptions of the <br /> work and the findings. A listing of these Phase I reports and related studies can be found in <br /> Section 10.0. A summary of LHR feasibility is presented in Section 9.0. <br /> 2.0 REVIEW OF EXISTING DATA <br /> WWE reviewed pertinent published information from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the <br /> USBR, the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS, formerly known as SCS), and other <br /> 991-077.115 Wright Water Engineers, Inc. Page 5 <br /> July 2004 <br />