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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I II As approved by the General Assembly, the project includes the enlargement of Lone Cone and Ulylands Reservoirs, construction of Marie Scott Reservoir, and repairs and enlargements of other components of the major irrigation systems in the study area. HB 1042 requires, however, that the CWCB must determine that the San Miguel Project is technically and financially feasible before loaning any money for construction. The current study will provide the CWCB with additional information to make a decision about the technical and financial feasibility of a project. In January 1986, the CWCB selected Boyle Engineering Corporation to conduct the present study. Boyle is responsible for performing the investigations and analyses leading to the results and conclusions reported herein. Study Process The current San Miguel Project Study was initially proposed as a detailed, feasibility-level analysis of the recommended program of improvements and expansions to the existing study area irrigation systems as outlined in the 1985 'Reconnaissance Report for the San Miguel Project Rescoping Study'. In early 1986, a draft plan of study was written and meetings were held with the Board of Directors of the SMWCD to discuss the scope of this study. From these meetings, it was apparent that local study participants desired to expand the scope of the study to examine alternatives to the recommended project in the 1985 study. A revised plan of study was completed in July 1986, and Boyle began work on the study in October 1986. From October 1986 to February 1988, a number of alternative projects were formulated to provide a range of potentially viable concepts. The water yields and costs of these alternative project configurations were evaluated at a reconnaissance-level of detail. A reconnaissance- level of effort is intended to provide preliminary, conceptual analyses to distinguish the major differences between alternatives and to provide a preliminary indication of feasibility for each alternative. In addition to the development and evaluation of alternatives, the work completed in the first part of the study (October 1986 to February 1988) included water availability and water needs in the study area, payment capacities for potential crops, institutional considerations for project implementation, and financing options, Also, preliminary analyses were conducted for a recreational and wildlife facility at the Radium Reservoir site and for a potential hydropower facility in the San Miguel Canyon. 5