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<br />~ <br /> <br />UTE WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT <br />POST OFFICE BOX 460 <br />GRAND JUNCTION. COLORADO 81502-0460 <br /> <br />TELEPHONE 242-7491 <br /> <br />.60025 ROAO <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />IiI. <br /> <br />GYVce <br /> <br />August 2, 1991 <br /> <br />,jUs <br /> <br />5 1991 <br /> <br />Mr. Frank Akers, Chief <br />Planning and Construction Section <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />1313 Sherman Street, Suite 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />Re: Proposed Owens Creek Reservoir on Buzzard Creek <br />Project Re-Evaluation <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Akers: <br /> <br />As you know, representation from your Grand Junction office, Ute, <br />Battlement Mesa and West Divide Water Conservancy Districts comprise a <br />committee which has undertaken a review of the above-referenced <br />project. <br /> <br />We have, as a committee, reviewed the existing reports and <br />project studies, most of which were conducted or compiled by the u.S. <br />Bureau of Reclamation. And, while substantial portions of this data <br />are just as encouraging and valid today as when prepared, there are <br />large portions of the proposals and projections which require a <br />re-determination by today's standards. <br /> <br />Changes in the criteria of the office of the State Engineer <br />mandate a re-determination of dam integrity, inflow impacts and <br />spillway capacity to meet the meximum potential flood rather than a <br />100 year flood. This, in turn, may influence the type of dam or <br />method of construction. Changing demand patterns may reverse the <br />proposed allocations of irrigation and M & I reserves which would have <br />a bearing on the project benefit/cost ratio. Proper consideration <br />must be given to recreation as a project benefit and to endangered <br />species. This may reduce refundable portions of construction costs. <br />And, obviously, new cost estimates must be developed reflecting these <br />changes. <br /> <br />The re-evaluation of the Owens Creek Reservoir on Buzzard Creek <br />and the determination of the feasibility of construction for today's <br />needs and today's standards is an investigative process for which the <br />committee has neither the technical nor the financial resources. We <br />are, however, collectively and individually sufficientlY encouraged by <br />our own study and review to commit a financial contribution of $1,OOO <br />each toward the funding of this investigation. A copy of Ute's <br />committment RESOLUTION is enclosed. <br />