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<br />1012 <br /> <br />Work in fiscal year 1959 will consist <br />of comparative studies for evaluation of alter- <br />nate routes and sites, project plan formulation, <br />flood studies for Hay Gulch dam site, water <br />supply and reservoir operation studies, geologic <br />appraisal 'of Purgatory Dam site, and detailed <br />land classification. Completion date of feasibil- <br />ity report is scheduled early in 1962. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The Dolores Project consists of a dam on <br />the Dolores River ten miles below the town of <br />Dolores. The high water line of the reservoir <br />would be below the town of Dolores and immediate- <br />ly above the mouth of Lost Canyon Creek at about <br />the site of the old rqilroad bridge crossing. <br />A dike would be constructed across the saddle <br />on the west side of the reservoir basin. The <br />irrigation outlet works would be constructed <br />in the "Great Cut" through the dike. A canal <br />from the outlet works to the west and northwest <br />would serve Montezuma Main Canal No.2 and its <br />service area and facilities and approximately <br />26,000 acres of land now dry farmed southwest <br />of Dove Creek. An investigation will be made <br />to determine whether this same outlet works can <br />also serve Montezuma Main Canal No.1. If not, <br />the present tunnel for this canal would probably <br />be rehabilitated. <br /> <br />Feasibility investigations are estimated at <br />60% complete. Engineering surveys, including <br />control surveys and topographic mapping, of <br />project land areas, are nearly complete. Field <br />work has been completed on detailed classifica- <br />tion of project lands in Montezuma Valley, <br />McElmo Creek and Towaoc areas. Basic data for <br />water supply studies has been assembled. <br /> <br />It is planned to complete field engineering <br />surveys and field land classification as well as <br />assembly of preliminary design data during fiscal' <br />year 1959. Water supply and operation studies <br />will be continued in conjunction with development <br />of the project plan. The feasibility report is <br />scheduled for completion late in 1960. <br /> <br />The San Miguel Project is located in San <br />Miguel and Montrose Counties in the general <br />vicinity of Norwood and Naturita and is described <br />in a reconnaissance report completed in March 1953. <br />A project water supply would be developed by the <br />construction of Saltado Dam on the San Miguel River <br />about eight miles southeast of Norwood. <br /> <br />I <br />