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<br />CHAPTER :2
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<br />ORGAN I ZAT IOt'.J
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<br />'r'~l~ F"f"\.,litlarlcj Mesa l~r'oject was alJthcJrizerl a5 d P~!~tjcip~t
<br />r)rc~jG(:t of tt18 Cc)}or-ado River Stor-age Pr"c,jecl t)y 1:tle Act
<br />Septelnt)er 2, 1964m The pr"oject was stlAdied llY the Um
<br />BIJr-eaIJ l3f Reclam~tion, was giverl a ge) ahead If1 1977J ill_It
<br />latel'. C:l,tt fr"om 1:lJf'Jded (lrojects.
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<br />.~? '" .1. ThE' F'l"u:i. "t.1 E;'lnc! l~'IHs:.E:\ t~J,::.(tE-?I'" CO!'''I~ :.f:::'I"'v,;~nc-,/ .D:t !',:.t.r- :i. ct \,1\' tJ"'iP J E}!?:\c!
<br />agency .f:Of" t~lis rJr"IJject. Tt18 OWfler of tt10 GOIJI,j Reserv(:):ir"
<br />:i,~;:. t:hf::'~ F')'"uitIE,ncl }l,-!r':i.g,,:I'!:.il.::,rhj Cumpi:il'"i'y'. The Di!:;tl"-ic4; \"?f::"\~;:,
<br />'fC3r'me(i AI,JOt_Ist 18, 196(l lJrld~r t~}e pr"ovisions of the Wa.ter
<br />C.:C)I'I~::,~:,';l"'\/";:irlcy P!ct (c.:"n~~::.~" If~?~::i:'~;'i Ch~'::'\pt(-:.;r" Ji.j,9~ (':;r.t::i.clt-:-: '~ nC)\.-\l
<br />C.R.S. b~ 150-,5) t)y Civil Ac:ticlfl !~lJmtler- 47679 irl Distr-ict
<br />l"l)LI;,.'t~ Delta CClurlty.
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<br />')ul 1'.')8 IJ)a.jOjr Sj~Ltr-[:e of water" i.or ttlP pxis.ting 6 310 ac:r01~ (1'(
<br />the irJ'''igatiorl sP('vic:e area ifl ttlE Frt_litlarld Mesa Watel~ COJ'I-
<br />servancy Distr'j(:t is tJ'le Crys.tal Cr'eek and its mairl
<br />tribLltary the Dyer's Fork Cre8k~ Run.-D~-divelr'sion on these
<br />str'ealJIS e>:ist irl ttlG forln of ~Je!~nlanent, semi'-per"IJJarlent, or
<br />c:r"u(1e strljctIJ!~es" Flow measuring devices exist or~ly at some
<br />of th~ (iiversion points, while at ottle!'- pDirlt5~ the dis-
<br />cha!~ges are merely guessed.
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<br />3.2 GOIJld Reservoir' is located bet,ind 'the da/II r,ear- ttlE hea(j'-
<br />water's of llraf'l Cl~eeJ(. The v"eser'voir provides ttlP only
<br />stc)rage facil:ity in the FrlJitland Mesa systenl. This dam,
<br />ownf:-?d by thE' Fr'uitland II"'Jr'i~Jat,j,on t_C1mp2\n'/'J \'\I"::l~:; bt.lilt in t,hE'
<br />yealr' 1914'1 par,.tially raised to its present height in 1937,
<br />anej then to flAIl capacity ifl 1954. The reservoir operates
<br />exclusively ,for ir'rigation water release The existir1g
<br />storage of the reser-voir is abollt 8,436 acre fpet
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<br />.t:i{~rl ('3'( irl"',ig~tioJ'l w~ter to th(? [_ower F'I'-l,litJarld j~es~ ser"vjce
<br />ar"p~. A par'"t of disctlarge is r:ar'j'-ied by the Cattlpman's
<br />Ditcl', arld also passes thrlJl.tgh the r'sservoir without benefit,."
<br />j r-J~:J th(.:.? ~;tDr'r.;j~JE\.
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<br />3.4 Tt18 Inajor irrigation canals serving the project ar"ea ar'e:
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