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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />in 1969 or 1970. The Dolores project got started in 1971; it got <br />started in earnest in 1972. We think we are well on our way for 1973. <br /> <br />In advance planning, there are four major considerations. I recognize <br />the changes since the basic data was developed in 1960 and this same <br />concept goes for all three of the projects; developing environmental <br />alternatives and data required by the National Environmental Policy <br />Act of 1969. Detailed data is required for preconstruction stages <br />and to prepare documents suitable for the basis of repayment contrac~ <br />and then project construction. <br /> <br />The schedule that we have for the Dolores project report are: plan <br />formulation, land classification, drainage, water supply, agencies' <br />appraisal (which is a large item in our planning process), time and <br />estimates, economy and environmental statements. We started our basic <br />plan formulation and completed it in 1972. On the irrigation part, we <br />feel like we have our preliminary plans. The project now is going <br />into detailed planning. We expect to have the definite plan report <br />completed in 1974. <br /> <br />This is the authorized plan for the Dolores project. The plan is very <br />simple. We have a water supply, we have a need for agricultural, and <br />a need for municipal and industrial water. We have a need for fish <br />and wildlife development on the river. We have a need, maybe, to <br />further the boating concepts of the Dolores River. We have a need to <br />assist the Indians in the Towaoc area. It is like most plans that are <br />developed; it has been considered for many, many years. It is very <br />simple in concept but difficult sometimes to complete through con- <br />struction. <br /> <br />The plan still (Slide) recognizes the basic elements we had in the <br />original plan, the supplemental and total land, water supply for irriga- <br />tion and municipal. We have added water for the Towaoc area and ad- <br />ditional municipal water. These are the basic figures we have in our <br />authorizing report, and this is what the authorized cost was. <br /> <br />(Slide) The plan looks like this. The same basic concepts, the same <br />concepts for supplemental supplies, Indian water. We have gone to a <br />sprinkler concept in the irrigation of new lands. We have a demon- <br />stration farm in the new land area just above the Montezuma Valley. <br />The demonstration farm has been in operation one year, and I think it <br />is starting to show that the sprinkler concept is desirable on these <br />dryland farm areas. <br /> <br />-16- <br />