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<br />. ./ A <br />I <br />. <br />. <br />I <br />. <br />II <br />I <br />I <br />. <br />I <br />I <br />. <br />I <br />. <br />I <br />o <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />to supply the area for the 1nter1m per10d until the West Divide <br />Project commences operation -- about 1990, according to present <br />estimates. <br /> <br />PROPOSED PROJECT <br /> <br />The project as described in this report proposes the construction <br />of a water system by the end of 1981 which will supply the pro- <br />jected water needs of the area through the year 1990 when the West <br />Divide Project is expected to go 1nto operation. <br /> <br />The water supply will be obta1ned by d1rect diversion from the <br />Colorado River under water r1ghts transferred by the West Divide <br />Water Conservancy District from the West Divide Project decrees on <br />the Crystal River, augmented by releases from storage in Green <br />Mountain or Ruedi reservoirs at times when the West Divide Project <br />rights would be called out. <br /> <br />The proposed project cons1sts of the construction of an intake and <br />silt exclusion structure on the Colorado River, a raw water pumping <br />station, a one million gallon per day (mgd) package-type water treat- <br />ment plant, a one million gallon treated water steel storage tank, <br />and 2,100 lineal feet of 14" and 2,300 1 ineal feet of 8" water supply <br />pipelines, Water would be supplied to the Rifle Village South Metro- <br />politan District, to the Southside Center, and to other potential <br />water distribution systems at wholesale rates. The total estimated <br />cost of the proposed project including construction costs, contingen- <br />cies, land and rights-of-way, engineering, and legal and administrative <br />costs is $1,460,000 in December 1981 dollars, <br /> <br />- 3 - <br />