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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I, <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />municipal and industrial water. The most efficient reservoir to accomplish <br />this purpose was found to be Avery Reservoir. <br /> <br />Avery Reservoir is located on Big Beaver Creek near the junction with the <br />White River. The existing reservoir would be enlarged from the present <br />capacity of about 6000 acre-feet to a capacity of over 60,000 acre-feet. <br />Inflow to the reservoir would be diverted from the North Fork at a location <br />three miles upstream from Buford. A four-mile gravity pipeline would convey <br />the diverted flows downstream and into the reservoir. <br /> <br />The delivery systems to the M&I demand centers would utilize the White River <br />as a conveyance channel. Water would be released from the reservoir and <br />picked up by pumping plants at four downstream locations. A pumping plant <br />just above Meeker would pump water through a three-mile pipeline to the coal <br />property and town of Meeker. The oil shale water would be delivered to <br />Sheep, Piceance, and Yellow Creeks as in the other options. <br /> <br />Comparison of Alternatives <br /> <br />The alternative plans were compared with respect to probable costs and the <br />physical data and problems associated with each site, Preliminary cost <br />curves were constructed. <br /> <br />Project costs were based on preliminary estimates of construction quantities <br />such as embankment volume and cubic yards of concrete. Constant unit costs <br />were then applied, regardless of the location. Preliminary designs and <br />dimensions were used, and local problems and settings were not taken into <br />account in this analysis. The cost estimates obtained by this technique are <br />preliminary but appropriate for purposes of comparison. <br /> <br />Table IV-l lists the physical data for the storage facilities and the water <br />delivery systems. For each dam and reservoir, values are shown for <br />rights-of-way (ROW), height of dam, embankment volume, location of the <br />reservoir on or off the mainstem, and the degree of hydropower potential. <br />The column showing ROW values includes all land and easement acquisition <br /> <br />IV-ll <br />