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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />721 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />January 15, 1985 <br /> <br />SAN MIGUEL WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT -- PHASE 2 <br /> <br />SAN MIGUEL WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The San Miguel Water Conservancy District Project is located <br />in San Miguel and Montrose Counties in southwestern Colorado. At <br />present there are four major collection and distribution systems <br />that irrigate land in the area. The four systems are: <br /> <br />(a) The J & M Hughes Ditch, which originates on Fall Creek <br />above Wood Lake and irrigates land on Beaver Mesa. This <br />system has no storage facility. <br /> <br />(b) The Farmers Water Development Company, which operates the <br />Gurley Ditch system and irrigates land in the Norwood- <br />Redvale area. Gurley Reservoir is operated in conjunc- <br />tion with this system. <br /> <br />(c) <br /> <br />The Lone Cone Ditch Company, which operates a system <br />similar to (b) above and collects runoff from the <br />lJOutfl\/eBt flank of Lone Cone Mountain. The system <br />,irrigates land south of Norwood in the same vicinity as <br />the land irrigated under (b) above. Lone Cone Reservoir <br />is operated in conjunction with this system. <br /> <br />tJw <br /> <br />(d) The Lilylands system, which supplies water to East <br />Lilylands and to the east end of Dry Creek Basin. The <br />water supply for this system is collected from the west <br />flank of Lone Cone Mountain. Lilylands Reservoir is <br />operated in conjunction with this system. <br /> <br />It is proposed that the San Miguel Water Conservancy District <br />project proceed in two phases. Phase 1 would involve the <br />enlargement of Lone Cone Reservoir and associated repair and <br />rehabilitation work. A feasibility report has been completed for <br />this work and the Board recommends that it be independently <br />authorized for construction. A separate project summary has been <br />prepared on the Lone Cone Reservoir enlargement. <br /> <br />The balance of the project, to be known as phase 2, will <br />consist of enlargement of and repairs to the other three systems <br />cited above. This summary covers phase 2 of the project. <br /> <br />218 <br />sm/wp <br />