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I . !.. ~\'t ... -,-'" I JUNIPER-CROSS MOUNTAIN 2173 Location: West 01 Craig on the Yampa River in Northwest Colorado. Sponsor. COlOrado River Water Conservation District. Primary Purpose of the Project: Hydroelectric Power Generation. Secondary Benefits: Conservation of water lor munIcipal. Industrial, agricultural and recreational use. History and Background: The first of several subsequent withdrawals and federal power sile reseNes leading up to what is now lheJuniper. Cross Mountain Project was made In 1905. The Colorado River Waler Conservation District began studying the prOject in 1959 and later received conditional water decrees. A license applicahon was submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in January, 1980 As designed, the project consists of Juniper Dam, a peak power facility, and Cross Mountain Dam, are-regulating installation. Nine river miles separate the upstream end Of Cross Mountain reservoir and Juniper Dam. As designed, the project is sufficiently feaSIble to provide more than $1 million in recreatIon leatures and more than $3 million in environmental enhancement and mItigation. while paying lor itself with power revenues. Average power production is equivalent to 600.000 barrels of 011 per year Besides providing water for municipal, industrial and agricultural purposes. in specifiC cases, the project's water supply can be used to satisfy any potential call on Colorado by lower basin states under the Colorado River Compact and most significantly, can be used to ease the competition for water between the rapidly developing energy industry and the more economically limited agricultural industry. Northwest Colorado contains massive coal, oil and oil shale deposits now in varying stages leading to intensive development. Total water consumption in Western Colorado from all uses ranging from energy development to environmental enhancement is expected to increase by 500,000 acre-feet by the year 2000. The lower elevation. longer more gradual shoreline; larger size and warmer :\ waters of the project will make It a mecca lor winter and summer outdoor recreation. Ultimately, 500,000 recrea- tion man days per year are expected with some 40 per cent of that due to what is designed as excellent sport fisheries. Marinas and a self.guiding interpretive center are planned for the project. The project is expected to have a positive effect on lishes listed as endangered or threatened by governmental agencies_ Physical Facts and Figures: Height. length and type of dam' Juniper: 220 feet high, 760 feet long, rocklilldam with central impervious core; Cross: 260 feet high. 385leet long. concrete arch dam. Storage capacity fA-F.) of reservoir: Juniper - 1.082.- 000 acre-feet. Cross - 208,000 acre.feet. Shoreline and suriace area: Juniper - 15.500 acres and 114 mites 01 shoreline. Cross -6.280 acres and 65 miles of Shoreline. Average annual power generation: Juniper _ 158.500.- 000 kilowatt hours of peak power. Cross - 190.400.000 kilowatt hours 01 bSSeload. Population to be served: 175,000 people in Northwest and West Central Colorado Irrigated acres to be served: 14.000 net acres of full service direct potential and more by exchange. Estimated cost $172.000.000 Construction schedule: licensing anticipated in January 1982: begin filling Juniper, April 1983; begin Iilling Cross. December 1984. Proposed Sources 01 Funding: Project will be financed by revenue bonds. which will be repaId entirely from ravenues from sale 01 project power. There are no state or federal tax monies involved. For Further Inlormatlon Contact Roland C. Fischer. Secretary.Engineer Colorado River Water Conservation District P.O. Box 1120. GlenwOOd Springs, CO 81601 945-8522 1