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<br /> -- <br /> 21 <br />I <br />I demands. It also has the lowest estimated life cycle cost and least cost per acre-foot of the <br />I, three alternatives (A, B and C) which meet the project purpose. <br />The pipeline route begins at the Jerry Creek Reservoirs and terminates at the Ute Water <br />I Treatment Plant near Palisade as shown on Figure 1. The preliminary design in the BIS <br />includes 11.3 miles of 48-inch diameter pipe and 4.1 miles of 54-inch diameter pipe. The <br />final design may consist of either steel or ductile iron pipe. There are a total of 13 creek <br />I crossings and anew, 3,250-foot long tunnel near the confluence of Plateau Creek and the <br />Colorado River. <br />I The District anticipates a Record of Decision on the BIS and ROW permit application in <br />May 1998. Project design work would begin shortly thereafter. Construction is expected <br />to begin in early 1999 and will require about two years to complete. <br />, Water Ril!hts <br />I The District has an extensive portfolio of water rights in the Plateau Creek and Rapid <br />Creek basins as well as on the Colorado River. The great majority of the yield on those <br />water rights is from the Plateau Creek Basin. The estimated yield of the District's water <br />I rights to meet the year 2045 water demand is displayed in Table 4, which indicates that <br />all but 4,081 acre-feet (Colorado River and Rapid Creek supplies) would be supplied <br />from the Plateau Creek watershed and conveyed to the treatment plant by the Plateau <br />I Creek Pipeline. <br /> Table 4 - Estimated Year 2045 Yield by Source for Ute water Rights <br />I Source Average Supply <br /> (Acre-Feet Der Year) <br />I Mesa Creek 1,783 <br /> Coon Creek 1,005 <br />I Rapid Creek 219 <br /> Big Creek 288 <br /> Molina Tailrace 12,661 <br />I Plateau Creek at Molina Tailrace 7,910 <br /> Colorado River 3,862 <br />I Jerry Creek Reservoirs 861 <br /> Total 28,589 <br />I Section 7 Consultation <br /> As mentioned above, all of the alternatives would result in depletions to designated <br />I critical habitat for endangered fish in the 15-Mile Reach Colorado River. During 1996, <br />BLM and the District participated in extensive consultations with the US Fish and <br /> Wildlife Service to develop a mutually acceptable Reasonable and Prudent Alternative <br />I (RP A) for the proposed project. <br />I 8 <br />