WSPC03246

• File Number: 8220.100.70
• Description: Colorado River Water Projects - Colorado River Storage Project - CRSP - Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 7/31/1972
• Author: Unknown
• Title: Project Reports-Summaries-Descriptions - Curecanti Storage Unit - CRSP
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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1he first phasc,vhich ia now undorwaY,is construction of the river

diveraioQ tunnol and four foundation And exploration tunncl~ in the

d.:un abut.ments. The second phAse) to be started next sprin&} La con"

atruction of the concrete dam, powcrplant, and sw1tchyard.

Cryatal Dam ~111 havo 4 height of 351 feet above bedrock. This

will be 235 feet abovo .the prescnt streambed. It will have .Ii. creat.

lensth of 70S feet, .Ii. crest width of 10 feet, and .Ii. base width of

29 feet. Tho dam will contain 135,000 cubic yards of concreto.

The contract for the diversion tunnel and foundation and exploration

tunnelsJAwarded in June 1972)1& scheduled for completion in Ywrch 1973.

This contract is about 35 percent. complete at the prescne time. Con-

struction of the dam, powerplant and awitchyard is scheduled for

completion in 1977. ..

Cry8tal Dam will create a reservoir of 27,240 acre-feet.

plant will have a capacity of 28,000 k.w.

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A 8ummary of the schedule of work yet to be perfo~cd is shown on the
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projection.

You will Dote we have co~pleted about $90,000,000 of work so far out of

the total estimated cost of about $130,000,000 for the Curecanti Unit.

There is $5,000,000 progr~ed for this year primarily for starting work

on Crystal D.am and Pow rpl..&.nt.

The - transparancies sho":'ehe operaci.-C;;of- bOth "re-;e~~irs from 7/1/71

to 7/31/72.

This transparancy shows the power production and net sales froc the five

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existing power units of the Colorado River Storage project for F.Y. 1971.

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