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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I SECTION I INTRODUCTION A. AUTHORIZATION Senate Bill 439, 1981 Session, authorized the Colorado Water Con- servation Board (CWCB) to conduct a feasibility study of the "Una Reservoir a dam and reservoir in the Colorado River main stem upstream of the town of De Beque with the reservoir extending no farther upstream than to a point just downstream of Parachute Creek." The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) entered into a contract with R. W. Beck and Associates (Beck) dated December 1981 to provide the engineering services for the feasibility study described herein. B. BACKGROUND Development of the oil shale potential of the area to the north and east of the reservoir site is now being considered and is undel"Way at certain (25 )(26) locations. . Several major oil companies are participating or plan- ning to participate in these developments. To support oil shale development, a firm water supply for both industrial and domestic needs will be required. The State legislature acknowledged these needs and the possibility of con- structing the Una Reservoir Project (Project) to satisfy them, at least in part, by adopting S.B. 439. The Una Reservoir site has been recognized for some time as an attracti ve location for developing the resources of the Colorado River. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) conducted a study and prepared a conceptual design for a reservoir at this site in 1967 as a part of its Bl uestone Project studies. The USBR plan, which is summarized in Bluestone Project, Colorado Feasibility Report, (15) dated August 1971, would provide a reservoir with a maximum normal pool level at El 5070, with an initial storage capacity of . Number in parenthesis refers to reference of same number given in Sec- tion XI.