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<br />Physical Facts and Figures:
<br />Height. length and type of dam: Pot Hook Reservoir-
<br />135 feet high, 1,520 feet long; Sendstone Reservoir -
<br />133 feet high, 1,690 feet long, Both are rolled earthfill,
<br />Storage capacity (AF ,) of. reservoir: Pot Hook - 60 000
<br />Sandstooe c- 16,600. , '
<br />Shoreline and surface area: Surface area - PotHook - .
<br />1,037 Senc;ts~~ - 382 acres ,.
<br />Averageannualpowergenerat~n:NVA
<br />POpulation to be served: 8!)proximately 20.000
<br />Irrigated acres to be served: FilII service - 14,410
<br />Sup~lemental- 14,430
<br />E~ima~ cost $83.400.000
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<br />, Construction schedule: indefinite
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<br />Proposed Sources of Funding:,., ..,...,.
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<br />As a participating project in the Colorado RMi/ Storage
<br />Project, power revenues allocated to the states of
<br />Colorado and Wyoming plus ad valorem taxes aDd water
<br />charges to be collected by the respective districts.are
<br />sufficient to repay the United Stales for reimbursable
<br />portions of the project in accordance with reclamation
<br />law. , .
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<br />For Further InfOl'll18Uon cOntact
<br />Edward J. currier; Eogloeer .
<br />Western Engloeers,
<br />P.O. Box 571, Grand Juoc:tlon,' CO 81501 .
<br />242-5202
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<br />ANIMAS-La.P.LATA
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<br />LoCatIon:
<br />Upper Colorado Basin In La Plata and Montezuma Coun-
<br />iles of Southwestern Colorado and in Sen Juan County in .
<br />Northwestern New Mexico. ..,
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<br />Sponsors:
<br />Soulhweslem Water Conservation District, La Plata Water
<br />Cooservan~ District. Southern Ute Indlen Tribe, Ute
<br />Mountain Ute I?dlan Tribe and City of Durango, ' .
<br />'Primary Purpose of the ProteCt:
<br />Municipal, Industrial and Irrigation water supply,
<br />Secondary Benefits:
<br />Recreatioo, Fish and Wildlife, and Archeological site
<br />preservation,
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<br />History and Background:
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<br />Development of Animas River Water for Irrigation use in
<br />the La Plata River .drainage has been studied at various
<br />times since the early 1900's,
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<br />. Sioce aufhorlzation for constrUction in 1968, ninety some
<br />alternative plans have been studied. The main storage
<br />feature of the project will be Ridges Basin Reservoir,
<br />located southwest of Durango. The Durango Pumping
<br />Plant will pump Animas River water to the reservoir, The
<br />reservoir will store water for municipal use in Durango,
<br />Farmington, Aztec and Bloomfield, for Industrial and
<br />irrigation use for the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute
<br />Indian Tribes,. and for irrigation use in the Colorado
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<br />The Ridges Basin Pumping Plam would pump water from
<br />the reservoir into the Dry Side Canal for irrigation use in
<br />the La Plata River draioage, and for municipal and
<br />. Industrial use by the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe.
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<br />Southern Ute Reservoir will store La Plata River water
<br />diverted through the Southern Ute Diversion Dam and
<br />Canal. It will meet the municipal and iodustrial water
<br />requirements of the Southern Ute Indians and the irriga-
<br />tion requirements of the New Mexico lands,
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<br />Recreation facilities would be prOvided at Ridges' Buin
<br />.nd Southern Ute Reservoirs, Lal'lds would be obtained
<br />near both reservoirs to compensate .Ior lost '/Vlldlife
<br />habitat Coogressioll8l authorization Is beirlg sought to
<br />exceed existing limitations on federal expenditures to
<br />mitigate and enhance cultural resources.,
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<br />A Draft Definite Plan Report and the Draft Eoviromnental
<br />Statement were completed irl 1979. The Final En-
<br />viromnental Statement is expected to be flied with the EPA
<br />in July, 1980, and the Dafinite Plan Report is expected to
<br />be approved at about the same lime. .
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<br />Congress has not yet appropriated funds to begin coo-
<br />strucllon of the project. A new water conservan~ district
<br />which will include all the project service area, to replace a
<br />smaller existing district. must be formed in the Colorado
<br />portion of the project area before repayment contract
<br />negotiatioos can bagin,
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