Board Meeting 12/02/1982

• Board Meeting Date: 12/2/1982
• Description: CWCB Meeting
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

DRAFT

Draft
11/26/82

UNA RESERVOIR PROJECT STUDY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

In 1981, the Colorado General Assembly authorized the

Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) to conduct studies of

four potential water resources development projects (section 7,

S.B. 439). Among these was the "Una Reservoir--a dam and

reservoir on the Colorado mainstem upstream of the town of
DeBeque with the reservoir extending no further upstream than to
a point just downstream of Parachute Creek" (see Fig. 5-1).

The CWCB retainea R. W. Beck and Associates to perform the

Una Reservior project Study. Expenditures were limited by S.B.

439 to $300,000. In addition, S.B. 439 specifies that future

funding" .. is contingent upon a Showing that additional

funding is justified based on competent engineering and economic

data."

STUDY OBJECTIVE

The objective of this study is to evaluate, at an appraisal

level of detail, the engineering feasibility and cost of

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