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PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE .later Supplies Municipal water supplies in the area, serving an estimated popu- lation of 8,000 people, utilize the Dolores River, either directly or indirectly, as a source of I'm! water. In addition to the existing pub- lic water supplies, the Dolores River is a potential water supply source for communities in the project area. Under the potential project plan, municipal and industrial waters would be available to the towns of Dove Creek and Cortez. The potential Dove Creek water supply, 1,200 acre-feet per year, would be realeased from the McPhee Reservoir at the Great Cut Dike into the Dove Creek Canal with subsequent storage in the terminal reservoir, !~om:>lllent Creek, about 2 miles west of Dove Creek. Utilization of this water by Dove Creek will necessitate construction of a water intake, complete water treatment facilities, and a transmission line to tie into the existing water dis- tribution system in Dove Creek. All costs involved with development of a public water supply for Dove Creek from the Monument Creek Reser- voir ,muld be borne by the town. DevelopI!lent of this w"ter supply would permi t abandonment of the existing ground water supply obtained from wells located adjacent to the Dolores River about 9 miles east of Dove Creek. The chemical quality of water from the Monurr~n7, Creek Reservoir would be comparable to the existing ground >fateI' suppl~'. The Cortez water supply. presently obtained from the Dolores River below the town of Dolores, will benefit from the Dolores project. Under the potential project plans, storage in McPhee Reservoir >fill provide an additional 4,900 acre-feet of water annually for municipal and indus- trial purposes in Cortez. In the Feasibility Report for 'the Dolores project the Bureau of Reclamation has given consideration to diverting water at the Great Cut Dike into the Great Cut Canal which will in turn provide >fateI' for the Montezuma Irrigation Company and COI'tez. Under this plan the existing Montezuma Tunnel that is presently utilized to divert >fateI' to the irrigation Company and Cortez will be plugged. How- ever, in development of the Definite Plan Report for this project the Bureau of Reclamation proposes to give additional study to the contin- ued use of the Montezuma Tunnel al'ld the elimination of the Ureat Cut Canal. ~.' In the communities not served by a municipal water distribution system, the individual >fateI' users utilize wells, irrigation canals, or haul water from a municipal system, Continued growth of C:ilione in Dolores County and Pleasant View, Lewis, and Arriola in Montezuma County >fill necessitate that consideration be given to development of public water sUPl'lies to serve these areas. Any development of a surface water to serve the domestic water demand should include provisio!1s for coagu- lation, sedimentation, filtration, and chlorination to produce a potable water supply. Taste and odor problems are frequently encountered with 121