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<br />r. <br /> <br />OU0605 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The design information for Stage 1 will be developed in the definite <br /> <br /> <br />plan stage and will be initiated as soon as possible following appro- <br /> <br /> <br />priation of construction funds. <br /> <br />The feasibility design for the Closed Basin Division contemplates <br /> <br /> <br />constructing l3ti wells in the area east and north of Alamosa, Colorado, <br /> <br /> <br />generally along the thalweg of Saguache Creek as shown on the attached <br /> <br /> <br />general map, No. 1789. Well fields will be developed in five stages and <br /> <br /> <br />individual wells would yield water at rates varying from one-half to <br /> <br /> <br />3-1/2 cubic feet per second (ft3/s). We expect that these wells will be <br /> <br /> <br />equipped with turbine-type pumps, powered with electric. motors. This <br /> <br /> <br />will require transmission lines, substations, and other facilities to <br /> <br /> <br />deliver power to the individual well sites. <br /> <br />The main conveyance channel will be about 44 miles long beginning at the <br />east boundary of the proposed Mishak Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and <br />proceed southeasterly, west of San Luis Lake and then south to the Rio <br /> <br /> <br />Grande. The main conveyance channel is presently designed with an <br /> <br /> <br />initial capacity of 34 ft3/s at the upper end increasing incremently in <br /> <br /> <br />size to 158 ft3/s near San Luis Lake. The canal at that capacity will <br /> <br /> <br />continue to the junction with the East Side Conveyance Channel near u.S. <br /> <br /> <br />Highway 160. Below tae discharge of the ESCC the Main Conveyance Channel <br /> <br /> <br />capacity will increase to 210 ft3/s and continue with that capacity to <br /> <br /> <br />the Rio Grande. <br /> <br />3 <br />