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DALLAS (Continued from page 5). Physical Facts and Figures: , / Ridgway Dam (feet) Height above streambed Crest length 227 2,430 , Ridgway Reservoir - Capacity (A,F.) ActIve ' l!18ctive Total Water surface area (acres) ,Total pool Inactive pool Project supply (avg. A,F. annually) Irrigation ,Municipal use Ught Industrial usa Recreation usa Total 55.000 25,000 80,000 1,030 525 11,200 22,600 5.500 100 39,400 Irrigation Service Area Dallas Creek exchange and Colona areas (acres) Uncompahgre Project area (acres) Area serviceable with Dallas Creek Project water Acreage within sert'iceable area likely to receive Dallas Creek Project water 2,850 61.810 18.000 Population to be served: An estimated 95.000 people WIll receive project municipal and Industrial water by the year 2000, There are about 2,350 farm ownerships in the project area, Not all of these would receive project water, but until ' subscriptions are made the exact number of recipients . cannot be determ Ined. Estimated Cost Construction costs (October 1979) '$72,977,000 Annual operation, maintenance and replacement costs ' $410,000 Construction Schedule: A 5-year program is planned. Construction is expected to be completed In 1983. " Proposed Source of Funding: Federal. For Further Information Contact J, F, Rinckel; Projects Manager Water and Power Resources Setvlce, 764 Horizon Drive, Grand Junction, CO 81501 243-4992 ' YELLOW JACKET (Continued from pege 7) oil shale, 35,000 acre-feet for coal, ,26,000 acre-feet for ",lgation and 5,000 acre-feet for municipal use, Extensive fish and wildlife measures were Included, The greatest single addition to the plan was the addition of Sawmill Mountain Reservoir, with a <;8pacity of 55,000 acre-feel. The Project is now improved and designed to meet objection to earlier plans which have been voiced over the past twenty years, Plans are now substantially complete. Environmental work has been done. The Yellow-Jacket Project is ready to meet the needs of an oil shale industry in north-west Colorado, and to supply agricultural. domestic and municipal needs in the upper White River Valley; , , Physical Facts and FIgures: For the Sawmill Mountain Reservoir segment ,of the project - , . Height, length and type of dam': 375 H, 1,650 'L Storage capacity (A.F,) of reServoir: 55.000 acre-feet Shoreline and surface area: Surface area "- 450 acres Average annual power generation: NIP. , Population to be served: around .3,000; area growing rapidly , Irrigeted acres to be served: 11,940 aeres E~imated cost $96,820,000 (1980 figure) Construction schedule; To begin in 1983 . Proposed Sources of Funding: This project will be- built either by the Water and Power Resources Service or by private industry acting through the District For Further InformaUon Contact Frank G. Cooley; Secretary-Counsel . Yellow-Jacket Water Conservancy District, P.O, Box 98, Meeker, CO 81641 878-5065 ANIMA$-LA PLATA (ContinUed from page 9) Physical Facts and Figures: Ridges 8uln S. Ute 170' " 2900 earth 1:0.000 12,5 ' 1,386 acres 313 1600 earth 289,000 . .19,5 2. 170 acres Height, feel Length. feet Type of Dam ~orage Capacity (A.F,) Shoreline, miles Surface area Average annual power generation Population to, be served Colorado . New Mexico ToW Irrigation Acres. to be served - Colorado New Mexico Total Estimated cost - $406,000,000 (January, 1980, price level) Construction schedule: 10 years none li!!Q 28.700 116,500 145,200 61,470 ~~. 2020 , 53.000 266.700 , . 319,700 Proposed Sources of Funding: The Animas-La Plata Project was authorized for construc- tion by the Colorado River Basin Act of September 30, 1968. (Public Law 90-537) as a participating project under the Colorado River Storage Project Act of April 11, 1956, For Further InformaUon Contact Frank .Sam" Maynes; Counsel Southwestern Water Coniervatlon District, P,O, Box 475, Durango, CO 81301 247-1302 1.