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. SUMMARY SHEETS Fruitland Mesa project LOCATION: Hestern Colorado about 60 miles "lest of ContinentaJ. Divide in Gunnison River oasin of Upper Colorado River Basin. PROJECT PLAN Uater 1mula. be provided from three tributaries of tile Gunnison River-- Soap and Curecanti Creel,S abou.t 11 and 8 miles east of the project area and CrystaJ. Creek at the head of the area. Soap Creek runoff "lOuld be regulated at the potentiaJ. Soap Park Reservoir on the creel, and con- veyed to CrystaJ. Creel, by the potentiaJ. Black Mesa Conduit. Flo"s of severaJ. small Soap Creek tributaries and Curecanti Creek also llOuld be intercepted by the conduit and conveyed to CrystaJ. Creek. . Releases from Blacl, Hesa Conduit llould flO1'1 in Crystal Creek for 2.7 miles and, because o:f the additional lrater, flood easements and pro- tective 1-1orl;s :for the creek channel 1l0uld be provideCl.. The conduit lTater and natural flovs 1'1ould be diverted from the creek by the exist- ing CrystaJ. Valley ditch and potentiaJ. Fruitland Canal. A diversion from Dyer Fork, a Crystal Creek tributary, vould be increased and the additionaJ. diversion replaced to do,mstream users by conduit releases. . Fruitland Canal "ould extend north"est 22 miles from Crystal Creek. The first 2.5 miles 'lOuld be a replacement and enlargement of the exist- ing Fruitland ditch and the remainder vould be an extension. Three major turnouts llOuld be made to serve existing facilities, and smaller diversions "ould be made directly to project lands and to natural drain- ages from llhich distribution laterals 1Tould branch. The first major turnout 'lOuld be to the Cattlemens dUch nov heading on Crystal Creel, and 1'1ould replace the existing headvorks and initiaJ. l~-mile section o:f the ditch. The second turnout vould be to the Gould Feeder CanaJ., a section o:f the Fruitland ditch vhich vould be renamed rold used to dis- tribute vater to some project land and to convey project and nonproj- ect ,rater to a drop leading to the existing Gould Reservoir on Iron Creel,. Gould Reservoir, vhich nmT regulates flO1TS of Iron and Cr'Jstal Creeks but \-Thich often does not :fill, 1'1ould provide some supplemental regulation for project vater. The third turnout 1'1ould be to Castle Canyon, a natural drainage "rhich llould be used as at present to convey llater to Gould Canal some 9 miles from its heading at Gould Reservoir. Eleven miles of canaJ. 1'1est of Castle Canyon llould be er~larged. The enlargement llould be accoJllplished by the ca..'lal ownerS except for struc- tures 1'1hich vould be replaced as a part of the project. Laterals and drains llOuld be constructed as needed. RecreationaJ. facil- ities l;Quld be provided at Soap Park Reservoir. A fishery Ilould be created. by the reservoir and flo'1s for fish "lOuld be maintained in Soap and Cureca.nti Creeks.