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. . I water supply to provide for the present and anticipated future needs of the project area, and 500 acre-feet of water for fish and wildlife use exclusively. The extensive mineral and forest resources of the San Miguel River Basin provide a potential for industrial and attendant municipal development that justify inclusion of a substantial municipal and industrial water supply in the project plan. Present potentials under consideration include 15,000 acre-foet ef additional water for the expansion of the coal-fired steam powerplant of the Colorado- Ute Electric Association near Nucla and about 15,000 acre-feet of water for potential potash mining in Gypsum Valley, adjacent to the proposed project, where active exploration work is under way. I The quantity and time of occurrence of these requirements cannot be definitely predicted and may even be significantly affected by the authorization of the San Miguel Project itself. We have antici- . pated a need and provided for 20,000 acre-feet annually of municipal and industrial water by 1980 and an additional 24,000 acre-feet by 1990 in the project plan presented herein. An orderly post- authorization development program would require about 6 years before initial delivery of water. This interval would permit the appropriate revision of the project plan to reflect future industrial requirements on a firmer basis. Modifications could be made to provide additional water for municipal and industrial use within the total project costs. P~y such modification would increase the benefits and repayment capacity of the project. The relative potential for irrigation development also would be continually evaluated in light of changes in the area's economy. The project plan provides for the regulation of the San Miguel River at the proposed 72,600 acre-foot Saltado Reservoir to be formed by the 278-foot-high, earthfill Saltado Dam. Water for existing rights, part of the project municipal and industrial water supply, and flows for the maintenance of fisheries would be released to the river. The remaining project water would be diverted to the proposed 22-mile Norwood Canal by which it would be conveyed to a system of canals and laterals and distributed for irrigation and municipal and industrial use and for use at the proposed Radium fish and w~ldlife area. The 9,200-acre-foot Naturita Reservoir and the 2S,600-acre-foot Radium Reservoir would be constructed in the project land area to stabilize the diverted flows. Existing reservoirs and distribution systems of private lrrigation companies would be integrated in the I