Laserfiche WebLink
<br />1011 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />carry the additional water required for the <br />block of a new land in the east central por- <br />tion of the project. A lateral system would <br />be provided for this new block of land. The <br />existing irrigation system would convey water <br />to the scattered tracts of new land. <br /> <br />The project was authorized for construction <br />by Congress on April 11, 1956, Public Law 485. <br />The Durango office field draft of the definite <br />plan report is scheduled for completion April 1, <br />1959. As of today the detailed land classifica- <br />tion and drainage studies are almost complete, <br />the agricultural and economic surveys and studies <br />are just starting, water supply studies are <br />about half finished and much of the data and <br />material for the design of the system and pre- <br />paration of cost estimates has been gathered. <br />Overall, the field office work is probably about <br />75 percent complete. <br /> <br />In 1954 the plan for the Animas-La Plata <br />proj ect anticipated a storage reserv'oir on' .the <br />Animas River just below the mouth of Cascade Creek, <br />about 22 miles upstream from Durango. We called <br />this site, the Teft Reservoir site. Our current <br />studies involve the investigation of other potential <br />reservoir sites upstream from the Teft site. Re- <br />gardless of the location of the reservoir finally <br />selected, the Animas-La Plata diversion canal would <br />head in the vicinity of the mouth of Cascade Creek. <br />The diversion canal will probably be about 49 miles <br />long and will convey Animas River water to the <br />La Plata River Basin. The canal would traverse the <br />range of mountains on the west side of the Animas <br />River by means of tunnels, siphons, concrete flumes <br />and open cuts. Terminal storage would be provided <br />at Hay Gulch Reservoir for lands in"Colorado and for <br />some areas in New Mexico. Meadows Reservoir in New <br />Mexico would provide storage for the Meadows Unit. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Preliminary location surveys of the Animas-La <br />Plata Diversion Canal were accomplished during fiscal <br />year 1958. Detailed topographic mapping of Hay Gulch <br />Dam site is nearly complete. Gathering of basic <br />water supply records and preparation of preliminary <br />water supply studies are underway. <br />