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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHAPrER IV <br /> <br />GRAVITY PIPELINE PLAN <br /> <br />Fork. Some of the water conveyed in the canal would re'Pla,ce direct stream- <br />flows presently obtained from Cattle, West Coulter, and Mesa Creeks. In <br />exchange, direct flows from these streams would be diverted upstream as a <br />supplemental supply for presently irrigated lands. Direct flows of Cattle <br />Creek that a~e surplus to existing uses and proposed exchanges would be <br />diverted into the Landis Canal for project use. <br /> <br />Approximately 700 acre-feet of the supply conveyed in the Landis <br />Canal is planned specifically for the Colorado Mountain College a~ea. <br />Although this water is now considered as part of the outdoor residential <br />supply, it could, with storage and treatment facilities provided by the <br />water users, be used for domestic purposes. <br /> <br />Project laterals would be constructed to serve full service lands, <br />while the supplemental service lands would be served by existing ditch <br />systems. Any enlargements or rehabilitation of the existing laterals re- <br />quired for distribution of the project supplies would be the responsibil- <br />i ty of the water us ers. Drains would be constructed as needed as pa~t of <br />project development. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />It has been assumed that agreement could be obtained with the owners <br />of the Missouri Heights Reservoir whereby the reservoir would be operated <br />as a peaking reservoir for irrigation with water held in storage until the <br />peak irrigation season and then released to the 'proj ect lands. On this <br />assumption, the capacity of the Landis Pipeline has been designed to a <br />smaller size than would otherwise be required. The reservoir would be <br />stabilized through most of the irrigation season. The reservoir is not <br />considered attractive for development as a recreation site nor as a fish- <br />ery. The Bureau of Outdoor Recreation concluded that the reservoir would <br />not attract sufficient use to warrant inclusion of recreational facilities, <br />and the Colorado Division of Wildlife concluded that it would not be suit- <br />able as a crishery because ocr possible winter kill of fish. <br /> <br />Project Lands <br /> <br />The land area to receive project water for irrigation and outdoor <br />residential use has been assumed to include the 7,520 a.cres classified <br />as irrigable as shown on page 19 as well as an a~ea of nonirrigable land <br />in the vicinity of the Colorado Mountain College. The irrigable a~ea <br />includes 4,660 acres of land presently irrigated and 2,860 acres that <br />are not irrigated. Although it has been assumed that all the irrigable <br />land would be served with project water, the water for outdoor residen- <br />tial use would not be restricted to the irrigable land but would be sold <br />to any tract of 5 acres or less. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />It is estimated that at the beginning of project service only about <br />6,850 acres of the 7,520 acres of irrigable land would be in ownership <br />tracts of sufficient size to receive irrigation water. The remaining <br /> <br />31 <br />