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<br />go to meet the future municipal and light:iridustrial needs of,the <br />Uncompahgre Valley. This slide shows the various allocations for that <br />use. For instance, the city of Montrose, 10,000 acre-feet; Olathe, <br />800 acre-feet; Delta, 3,700 acre-feet; and the rural areas within the <br />project area, 8,100, and light industrial use, 5,500. These figures are <br />not sacred as to the allocation. They can be adjusted when the future <br />needs materialize. <br /> <br />The city of Montrose is nearing its ultimate capacity from its present <br />sources of water. The water supply provided by the Dallas Creek proj- <br />ect will aid in the desired growth of this community, as well as Olathe <br />and Delta. <br /> <br />In addition to water for cities, the Tri-County Water Conservancy Dis- <br />trict will use project supplies for its, rural customers. The. District <br />is presently constructing its rural system and has already installed <br />about 1,500 new taps out of a total anticipated future need of 4,500 <br />taps. <br /> <br />The Dallas Creek project will supply an average of 11,200 acre-feet for <br />supplemental service to presently irrigated lands. Most of this water <br />is for the area,of the existing Uncompahgre project. The Uncompahgre <br />project, as mentioned at the dedication yesterday, is one of the oldest <br />and most successful reclamation projects and grows a wide variety, of <br />crops. <br /> <br />. <br />This is just a general view taken of the Uncompahgre project area. <br />Other project service will aid in the production of sugar beets and <br />other crops near Colona. Project storage will allow for water ex- <br />changes to give a better sPPpJy tD irrigated lands upstream from the <br />reservoir as well as downstream in the area near Dallas Creek. This is <br />a beet field near ColDna. <br /> <br />~-~. <br /> <br />The total project cost is now estimated at $54,000,000 with a benefit- <br />cost ratio of approximately 1.8:1. <br /> <br />Funding for project construction last fiscal year was $1,057,000 and <br />$450,000 this year for the months of July, August, and September. Our <br />budget for the fiscal. year of '77 contains $4,500,000 tD continue <br />project construction. <br /> <br />The Bureau will follow an ambitious schedule to finish matters pre- <br />liminary to the start Df construction. This is our present projected <br />schedule for completing the necessary main items to initiate that con- <br />struction. I"would like to take a brief time to run through it. <br /> <br />First of all, the draft environmental statement was filed with the <br />Council on Environmental Quality on March 8, 1976. A public hearing <br />was held on this draft in Montrose on April 17, 1976. We anticipate <br />completion of the final environmental. statement and filing with the <br />C.E.Q. in March '77, a repayment contract election in May '77, <br />validation of the contract in June '77, with initiation of the con- <br />struction in June '77, consisting of purchase of right-of-way and a <br />contract agreement for construction of the relocated highway, and award <br /> <br />-4- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />