Laserfiche WebLink
<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />CWCBStaff Review: Animas-La Plata Project <br /> <br />December 31, 1981 <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The Animas-La Plata Project is located in southwestern <br /> <br />Colorado and northwestern New Mexico in the San Juan River Basin. <br /> <br />The project was authorized by the Colorado River Basin Act of <br /> <br />September 30, 196B (Public Law 90-537), as a participating <br /> <br />project of the Colorado River Storage Project. <br /> <br />project Studies <br /> <br />The engineering, economic, and regulatory feasibility of the <br /> <br />Animas-La Plata project have been analyzed in the following <br /> <br />project documents: <br /> <br />1. Feasibility Report, House Doc. 436, B9th Congress, 2nd <br />Session, May, 1966. <br /> <br />2. Definite plan Report, Animas-La plata project, August, <br />1980. <br /> <br />3. Final Environmental Statement, Animas-La plata project, <br />July, 1980. <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />The Animas-La plata project will develop flows of the Animas <br /> <br />and La Plata Rivers for irrigation and municipal and industrial <br />