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<br />~ ROCKY FORD LATERALS <br /> <br />Approximately eight short pipe laterals will be constructed to deliver <br />irrigation water under gravity pressure from the Towaoc Canal to farmland <br />previously served by MVIC's Rocky Ford Ditch. The Rocky Ford Ditch has been <br />identified as a major source of salinity in the Montezuma Valley area and <br />will be largely abandoned when the Rocky Ford Laterals are completed. <br /> <br />TOWAOC LATERALS <br /> <br />Five pipe lateral systems with a total length of about 20 miles will be <br />constructed to deliver water from the Towaoc Canal under gravity pressure to <br />the full-service lands on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation, Project drainage <br />facilities will be provided where necessary. <br /> <br />MCPHEE DAM POWERPLANT <br /> <br />The McPhee Dam Powerplant will consist of a penstock from the outlet works of <br />the dam connected to two turbines which will power a 1200 kilowatt generator. <br />The turbines, generator. and appurtenant equipment will be installed in a <br />pre-engineered metal building at the base of the dam. It will produce an <br />average of 7,170,000 kilowatt-hours annually. <br /> <br />MCPHEE ACCESS ROADS <br /> <br />~ To alleviate access problems caused by the inundation of county roads through <br />McPhee Reservoir, several county and Forest Service roads have been or will <br />be improved. The Dolores-Norwood Road will be reconstructed and paved from <br />Highway 145 in Dolores, Colorado to the House Creek Road. It will be widened <br />and graveled from House Creek Road to the Glade Road. Glade Road has been <br />reconstructed and graveled from the Dolores-Norwood Road to Ormiston Point <br />Road. Lone Dome Road, from Bradfield Bridge to McPhee Dam, and Ormiston <br />Point Road, from Lone Dome Road to the Glade Road, are current Iv being <br />reconstructed and graveled. Williams Draw Road, from Bradfield Bridge to <br />County Road 16, will also be improved and graveled to provide a complete <br />circuit of all-weather roads around McPhee Reservoir. <br /> <br />0305 <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />4 <br />