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<br />(102J27 <br /> <br />30 <br /> <br />ASSEMBLY INTERIM COMMITTEE ON W,A.TER <br /> <br />SILT PROJECT <br />This project is located in Garfield Oounty in west central Oolorado <br />along Rifle and Elk creeks tributaries of the Oolorado River. The <br />project will develop water to serve approximately 1,900 acres of un- <br />1__.__1-.___1 1~._..:J ~~..:J +~ ..........^n~..:J" m~"Y'o"Y\l"""""'''''''''''+o:ll -nH>+Cl.T" frrr fi4.()()' :lp.rp.R of <br />uevtav.1Jl;u .t(tuu aaJ.U tJv P.LVYJ.Uv ~l.L.pp.L""-U"v~"~.L ......uv... ;--- ~,-~- ---'-' .. <br />land presently under irrigation. Principal feature of the project is <br />the Rifle Gap Reservoir on Rifle Creek. Project will also include a <br />canal system. <br /> <br />PROPOSED DEVelOPMENT <br /> <br />Lower Basin <br />Since existing uses in the Lower Basin utilize most of Ithe water <br />allocated to the basin, there is genera(3:greement a~ to the. extent of <br />proposed Lower Basin development, as shown in ~?e following table <br />based on Colorado River Board estimates: <br /> <br />PROPOSED <br /> <br />TABLE III <br />LOWER BASIN MAINSTREAM <br />Estimated use at <br />full development <br />(ocr..feet) <br /> <br />Type of <br />project <br /> <br />PROJECTS <br /> <br />Proposed <br />project <br />California <br />None __________________ <br />Arizona <br /> <br />Constructed <br />by , <br /> <br />Central Arizona Project __ 1,200,000 <br />Fort Mohave and Cocopah <br />Indian Reservation ~___ 50,000 <br />N evaila <br />Southern Nevada( 18(),OOO' <br />Mojave VaHey S-------- <br />I <br /> <br />U.S.B.R. <br /> <br />Irrig. M. and 1. <br />~ower <br /> <br />U.S.B.R. <br />U.S.B.R. <br /> <br />M"and I. <br />Irrigation <br /> <br />TotaL________________ 1,430,000 <br />*. Includes federal and nonfederal development at Boulder City-Las Vegas-Henderson. <br /> <br />Upper Basin <br />As can be seen from Table II on page 28 the estimates of the <br />U.S.B.R. and the Oolorado River Board .are at variance with respect <br />to existing and authorized projects. A similar difference occurs in the <br />consideration of estimated. diversions from proposed Upper Basin <br />projects. <br />The Colorado River Board's estimate is as follows: <br /> <br />....~... <br />