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<br />serve the Uncompahgre River Valley and nalltls Divide, <br />and Log Hill Mesa area. <br /> <br />c. Water deliv!,!ries <br /> <br />(1) <br /> <br />(2) <br /> <br />(3) <br /> <br />(4) <br /> <br />Irrigation water deliveries totaling 9,000 acre- <br />feet would be made to about 7,000 acres of <br />project land. <br /> <br />A municipal water supply totaling 27,500 acre- <br />feet would be available to serve the domestic <br />needs of Montrose, Olathe, Delta, Ridgway, and <br />rural areas. Montrose is currently in critical <br />need of additional water supply. . <br /> <br />24,000 acre-feet could be provided to Kemmerer <br />Coal Company for their anticipated development <br />along with 5,500 acre-feet for other industrial <br />needs in the valley. <br /> <br />Other significant benefits would accrue to <br />fisheries, recreation and flood control <br />functions. <br /> <br />d. General <br /> <br />(1) <br /> <br />(2) <br /> <br />(3) <br /> <br />(4) <br /> <br />(5) <br /> <br />At Imperial Dam the salinity concentration would <br />be increased by about 3.5 mg/l. <br /> <br />Depletions to Colorado River flows would amount <br />to about 46,000 acre-feet. <br /> <br />Project costs total $83 million and benefit-cost <br />ratio is 2: 1. <br /> <br />Anticipated contract articles have been discussed <br />with district. <br /> <br />Some opposition to project exists. <br /> <br />2. Animas-La Plata Proiect <br /> <br />a. Definite Plan Report and Draft Environmental State- <br />ment scheduled for completion September 1976. <br /> <br />b. Plan of development is still being formulated. <br /> <br />(1) Under most promising plan at this time storage <br />provided in Ridges Basin, Electra Lake Enlarge- <br />ment, Hay Gulch and Southern Ute Reservoirs. <br /> <br />(2) Ridges Basin and Hay Gulch Reservoirs operation <br />inter-related furnishing irrigation water to a <br />service area taken from 67,000 acres (59,000 in <br />Colorado and 8,000 in New Mexico.) <br /> <br />-11- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />