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<br />it <br /> <br />RLAN <br /> <br />PURPOS E <br /> <br />The purpose of the project is to provide additional high mountain regulat- <br />ing storage for the Company's operation; reduce non-beneficial consumptive use <br />by allowing storage to be made at high elevations rather than in the Company's <br />reservoirs on the plains; provide additional eastern slope storage for water <br />diverted from the Colorado River on the western slope; provide the potential <br />for annual carryover storage from wet years to dry years; el iminate the existing <br />problems associated with inundated outlet gates and cracked outlet tubes; elimin- <br />ate the hazards present in the existing dam because of the undesirable piezometric <br />water surface conditions within the embankment; provide an overflow spillway of <br />conventional design and construction; provide, a permanent pool of 84 acres in <br />area for sport fish propagation, and a recreational area having boating, fishing, <br />and camping available to the general public; ailow the Company to open the ditch <br />in May with less effort than is now associated with clearing the ditch of snow; <br />reduce ditch seepage losses from an estimated 30 percent to about 24 percent; <br />provide ,a l'ongerand more etfecl:fve'diversion season by making it possible to <br />transport late season low flows more effectively; and provide for more accurate <br />measuring of the water diverted by the Grand River Ditch at La Poudre Pass. No <br />purpose other than irrigation and recreation benefits are considered in this plan. <br /> <br />PHYS I CAL WORKS <br /> <br /> <br />The principal features of the project are: <br /> <br />1. Enlargement of Long Draw Dam and Reservoir in Sections 10, 11, 15 and 16 of <br />r,Qwnship 6 North, Range 75 West, of the 6th P.M. The raising of the dam <br />from 60 feet to 83.4 feet wil) increase the storage capacity from 4400 to <br />11,000 acre feet. <br /> <br />2. Modification and improvements to the Grand River Ditch in surveyed and un- <br />surveyed lands located in Township 6 North, Range 75 West; Township 6 North, <br />Range 76 West; and in Township 5 North, Range 76 West of the 6th P.M. <br /> <br />CONSTRUCTION COSTS <br /> <br />Dam, Spillway, and Outlet Works <br />Grand River Ditch <br />Recreation Facilities <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />$ 729,300 <br />219,300 <br />134,000 <br /> <br />$ I ,082,600 <br /> <br />216,600 <br />208,000 <br />205,900 <br />35,000 <br /> <br />$1,748,100 <br /> <br />Subtota 1 <br /> <br />Contingencies <br />Projected cost increase <br />Engineering <br />Bureau Participation <br /> <br />OM&-R COSTS <br /> <br />Recreation Operation Costs <br />Recreat i on Ma i ntenance Coo ts <br /> <br />$ <br /> <br />3,000 <br />5,925 <br />$ 8,925 <br />