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<br />~OlJ:J <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />102 Columbine Building <br />1845 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />March, 1976 <br /> <br />FRUITLAND MESA PROJECT <br /> <br />The Fruitland Mesa project is located in the Gunnison River basin <br />of west-central Colorado. Project lands are located south of the Smith <br />Fork of the Gunnison River and east and north of the Black Canyon of <br />the Gunnison national recreation area near the town of Crawford. The <br />project was authorized in 1964 as a participating project of the Colo- <br />rado River Storage Project Act. The Fruitland Mesa Water Conservancy <br />District was organized in 1960 as the sponsoring and contractual agency <br />for the project. This district includes portions of Delta, Gunnison, <br />and Montrose counties. <br /> <br />Plan of Development <br /> <br />Water provided by a storage reservoir on Soap Creek and from <br />Curecanti Creek will be diverted through the Black Mesa Conduit to <br />supplement the flows of Crystal Creek, all tributaries of the Gunnison <br />River. The releases from Black Mesa Conduit and direct flows from <br />Crystal Creek will be diverted by existing systems and by the proposed <br />Fruitland Canal. The initial portion of the Fruitland Canal will be <br />a replacement for the existing Gould Canal, from which water is presently <br />supplied to the Gould Reservoir and Gould Canal. <br /> <br />The Fruitland Canal would continue westward to provide irrigation <br />for 9 proposed new farm units and to provide water for private lands <br />not now being irrigated. A pipeline will be constructed to provide the <br />Black Canyon monument area with approximately 15 acre-feet of water <br />annually. Irrigation laterals from the Fruitland Canal will be con- <br />structed as needed to serve the new lands. <br /> <br />Recreational facilities will be provided at the Milly K. Goodwin <br />Lake. Fisheries will be created at the reservoir along Soap Creek and <br />at the privately owned Gould Reservoir. Irrigation replacements for <br />the maintenance of a fishery pool at Gould Reservoir will be made to <br />the reservoir owners from Fruitland Canal. Minimum flows for fish will <br />be maintained along Soap Creek and Curecanti Creek. <br /> <br />Project Costs (January 1975 prices) <br /> <br />Irrigation , <br />Recreation, fish and wildlife <br /> <br />$ <br /> <br />57,831,000 <br />6,219,000 <br />64,050,000 <br /> <br />Total Cost <br /> <br />$ <br />