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<br />. <br /> <br />I- <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />.- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />. <br />I. <br />II <br />I <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />supply to irrigators in the Surface Creek and Currant Creek Valleys of Delta <br /> <br /> <br />County and help defray the cost of that improvement by producing hydro-power. <br /> <br /> <br />The intent of the Project is to increase the reliability of water in the <br /> <br /> <br />latter part of each irrigation season. The addition of hydro-power revenues <br /> <br /> <br />transforms a marginally feasible agricultural proj ect into a sound regional <br /> <br /> <br />investment. It will also provide part of a growing need for domestic water <br /> <br /> <br />and electricity as the area gains popularity as a residential community. <br /> <br />The structural components of the Project center around Cactus Park <br />Reservoir. Release of agricultural and municipal/industrial water as well as <br />hydro-electric power production will be regulated as result of storage in this <br />reservoir. The existing Cedar Mesa Ditch will be enlarged and re-aligned to <br />convey high spring runoff from Surface Creek to Cactus Park Reservoir. A <br />power generating station will be located just above the high water line of the <br />reservoir to gain maximum benefit from the total fall from the diversion point <br />of the ditch. Two short canals will be required to supply water to lands near <br />Currant Creek and to the upper end of Cedar Mesa. <br /> <br />The Cedaredge Canal is the largest component of the distribution system, <br /> <br /> <br />designed to deliver water from Cactus Park Reservoir back to Surface Creek, <br /> <br /> <br />and to serve all lands below elevation 6,350 feet. An extension of the Big <br /> <br /> <br />Ditch will be necessary to provide for necessary water right transfers <br /> <br /> <br />associated with the proj ect, and to provide a supplemental supply to lands <br /> <br /> <br />along Surface Creek above Cedaredge. <br /> <br />Existing canals and ditches will be used wherever possible. New <br />construction will only be necessary for hydro-power facilities and to <br />distribute water made available by storage in Cactus Park Reservoir. A more <br />detailed description of specific Project Features is given in Chapter V. <br /> <br />SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS <br /> <br />The 1980 census reports 5074 people living in the Cedaredge division, of <br />which 1184 lived within the town of Cedaredge and 1914 within the incorporated <br />limits of Orchard City. Between 1970 and 1980, the population of Cedaredge <br />and Orchard City incorporated acre as increased 103 and 69 percent, <br /> <br />-9- <br />