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<br />~~ -.<-- , <br />-......--'""- '" <br /> <br /> <br />19':l7-1Q99 ~1ore than 10 <br />structural and non-structural <br />altema\lves to the project <br />are cot15idered, including <br />proposals knOv.l1 as ALP <br />lite. :\nd ALP Ultra lite, and <br />the Animas River Citizens <br />Coalitlun Conceptual <br />Altematl\'~. <br /> <br />IqlII ~ <br />~.O' <br />~O <br />"I <br /> <br />1996-11.)97 L1\\'SUltS~rupt <br />mcluding the Clllt>rculll Ule <br />Tlihc'slAnimas-l..n Pima <br />\\(Ila COIlScn'an9 Di~lri(f <br />\'s. En\'inmmrntal Protection <br />Agt'flcy, allegi.ngjnterferenc~ <br />....1th the I o88lndwn \V:ller <br />RIg.h.ts Seuleme'nl Act The <br />Sicm Club legal Def~nse <br />f"Und also sue; the Bureau' <br />of Reclamation for all;gedl~- <br />conducung secret neg(ltia. <br />rtr-ns to ~cllhe project bUilt. <br />In a ~;!..x offermg, Colorndo <br />GOH'mor Romer and Lt. <br />G~"emcoT Sch{Xttler con- <br />\"em" the opposmg p;imes <br />and 3tlcrripllO find dewlop <br />consensus as to a p<<rnual <br />altemath'=, <br /> <br />WATER STORAGE: RIDeu BASIN RUERVOIR <br /> <br />I Active CapaCity <br /> <br />~Inac;ecapaclty <br />} <br /> <br />l Amount of water available for cyclic <br />or seasonal water dekvenes <br />--+-- ----- <br />Water mamtamed m reservOir for <br />IheeflVlronmentandrecreallon <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. 20l'lO Bureau of Redamauon <br />relc.lSes another fma!,suppli>- <br />mt:nlto the final tiS. This <br />idenlifies the preferred alter- <br />nali\~ as.1 120,000 acre-fool <br />reservoir, with no agnculturil <br />irri~uon w~lter component <br />and a focus on prO\;ding <br />supplies to the Ute Tribes, as <br />well, a5: non-Indian Colorado <br />and Ne,... \-lexica Interests. <br />. 2000 Con.~s ;lulhortZes. C0n- <br />slructlori~'(llhe scaled..down <br />project. Non.s.truclural com- <br />P;l?lleI1ls mdud~ $40 million <br />for lhe tribes 10 make up for <br />Ihe ddiut of waler o.....ed to <br />tne-ID uOder the 19B8 Act. <br /> <br />90,000 <br /> <br />30,000 <br /> <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />. 2002 Constr\lClinn begins. <br />:\rcheologlCal studies for <br />cultural resource millgation <br />begin. Re-routing' ihree gas <br />~ipelines crossing the future <br />reservOir slte tS initiated, <br />Dam excavation stans, as <br />.....ell as construcUOJI of the <br />pumping plant alongSide the <br />Animas River._ These pumps <br />\\111 mow water uphllllO the ~ <br />reservOIr .~- <br /> <br />-, ~ <br />~ - <br />O. , <br />~ . 20CO ConsmKLlon COstS <br />IIOz'O - Increased from $338 mil- <br />lion 10 SSOO rnlUiol-.,. Project <br />completion dJle thanges horn <br />20C'l9 to 20 II P!aris. continue <br />for the routing of the NavajO <br />Nalion \tunicipal Pipeline. <br /> <br />120,000 <br /> <br />. 2(IOj First million yards of soil <br />cx6n'aled from R.ldge:s BaSin <br />'Dam site. <br /> <br />. l <br />l\..\~ <br />\.\~ <br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The A'ro~ R.lWf r.!eftJ origl1WCn lugh m t'1t mi1UllS COllnlry' flOJ1h of 5l1\'('rtM DrM.'J"'I('nl oj lhr :\nimas-w Plena PI'OJC(l "'in lrll'fllvr (OI'I$lrw:twn oj an irtWki- <br />srf1l({Urr a,..l.l'umplnxjaality U'f' kjl) Wong tl!tAftl11k.I$ Ri~r: fl(af Dufango From thnt, '11'(1 "'JUT will ~ pumptJ lip to Ril1!;cs Baslll ~f ""huh ",-ill <br />(O'er :IlImt 1,490 1l0U; (~) \'o'hn1 juIL E"C((.!\1ltWn oj iM"W:."'11( is~' wulr.."""l!.\. with f7\ol1l' thufll1llt million )'i.ln:.k oj lOCk !llld Wl1..uraufy fOllOW-d. <br /> <br />HEADWATERS - FALL. 2004 <br /> <br />9 <br />