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<br />-~000157- -- <br /> <br />45 <br /> <br />snl\"llgt'd \vnter would be requir('d to maintain Colorado in debit-free <br />stat.us. <br />The locutions of tlu' lldoptpd water ~ulyltge areus, the proposed <br />:\rishak Lukt.s twtl Alllmnsll X ational 'Yildlife Uefugl'S und the primary <br />fj~lltUfl'S of the watPf SUh'llg'l' plun, ure indicated 011 th(~ p('rspective <br />Dnl\\'illg 253-504-1829. <br />Tllt' walp!" ~lllntg:t. plan wonld include the following featlln's: <br />1. About 129 def'p wells und pumping plant.-; locuh.d throughout <br />the \\"u1('[ sulnlge IlfellS, Pil('h having: continuous water yi('ltls llV('rnging <br />from 0.5 l'.f.s. to 3..5 ('J.s. Transmission lint's, substations, and other <br />fllciliti('s n'quirl'tl for opemtion of the pumping plants IUHI control of <br />the pumping operations. About 110 miles of transmission lim>s woul(1 <br />1)(' r('quin>d. <br />2. A ~18in Conveynncc Chnnnelllbout 44 miles long'. beginning at <br />the enst boundllrv oC tlw proposed .\lishnk Lakes i'Jutional \\TildliCe <br />Refuge and rUllnin~ sOllthellsterly to the W(>st side of San Luis LItke <br />and then ~outh to the Rio Grandt'. The ~luin Convevance Channel <br />would huve a design capacity of 34 c.f.s. ut t.he upper (ind, increase in <br />:"izo to 158 c.f.s_ nenf Sun Luis Luke, lUl\.c that cllpneity to the junction <br />with the Enst Side Conveyunce ChulIllt'llIcar U.S. Highway 160, und <br />have II cllpadty of 210 c.f.s. from the junction to its outlet. into HlC Rio <br />Gmndo. <br />3. A chnnnel nbout one-hillf mile long to connect the .\luin Con- <br />veYUIlt'C' Chunnel with Sun Luis Lake to permit mnintennncc of the <br />luke nL t~sselltiully u constant Ion>} for fish llnd wildlife llnd n~crelltion <br />purposes und for t.em po fury storngc of sillvllged wuters in the luke when <br />eircuIllstullcCS make such action dt>simhle. The cOlln~cting' channel <br />w01lld hnve Ii cupndty of };jS c'c.s. <br />4. An Eu.<o;t Side COIl\-CYUlll't> Cluumel, about 11 milcs long, would <br />c.:olh~l~t. the snlvuged wlltel' frolll thc slllntge nrea lying on the eust side <br />of tlIp :\Inill Convcynnce Chnnnel awl south of SIUl Lui~ Lake and <br />deliver it to the .\Illin COJl\"eyancc Clwnnel near U.S. HighwllY 160. <br />The l'llpncity of the dUUlnel would increase dowll5tn~mn from 10 <br />c'c.s. to 52 c'c_s. <br />5. \VeIl field Intemls to deliver the pUITI!led ground waters to the <br />con\-eYtlllre chunncls. The::.c lut.('nlls waule tutul llbout 92 miles in <br />lengtli und yury in {'UIHlcity from 0.6 ('.Ls. to 20 e.f.s. <br />6. Highway unci ruilrolld crossings, county llnd fnrm bridges, surftlCe <br />dl'llin and lnternl inlet stfllctun>s, Hnd otlWf mi':.'icelbllcous ::;tructures, <br />nnd al'Cl.~SS nnd opt~rnting' ronds_ <br />7. Bnsic I'ecn'ational fncilities would bl> provided nt. ;-;'an Luis Lake, <br />and tilt' ~li...;lwk Lakes .:\lltiolllll \Yildlifl' Ht,Cugl' would he developed <br />:l~ a projed ft'lltUI'l'. )'1t'Il~UrI.'S to impron' fi~h hllbitnt. in the ('on\'cy- <br />nlll'e clwlInrb nnd to uel'lltl' tht' jllllllped ground wa.ters would be pro- <br />\-itlt'd ill Ilceordanct' with ft'COllllllt-'lHbttions of tlw BUfel\.u of Sport <br />Fi5herip~ :.1nd \"ilcllifl> nnd tilt' Colnrlldo Department of Game and <br />Fish. <br />Tl\(~ pl!llll'ontt'lIIplntt>:-: \I:-,e hy the Alamo:-:a ~tltioHlll "Tildlife Refuge <br />of 5.:l00 11Cl't'-ft'el of :-:nh'llg"t'd W:lt.er~ Itnl111111ly. with tlin.r:;ioll of such <br />wlttef to he pro\-id('t! for n:"- IHlft or tlt'\"l>lopm(>nt. of that refuge. It 11lso <br />pro\-idp" for nOlllinalll:"-1' of :':lh-:'lgetl \nlt('f~ to pro\-idt' wntl'r supplies <br />for fi~h hlltdlt>ries \\-hieh art' oeing t'tHlsilh>rl'd for construction in the <br />Clo,,('d Bnsin. <br />