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<br />l'.ay 1970 <br /> <br />PROJ~CT: Bluestone Extension <br /> <br />OJDt,JO <br /> <br />STATUS: Rcconn.:i1ssance <br /> <br />LOCATION: On the Colorado River between the communities of Grand Valley and <br />DcBequc, Colorado <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />SPO~SORING AGEOCY: Bluestone Water Con!U;;rv3ncy District organized Jm. 14, 1963 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />DESGRIPTION: <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Depending on future conditions in the Bluestone Project area, the plan could <br />be extended to include the 196.000-acre-foot Una Reservoir and Powerplant on <br />the Colorado River about 4 miles cast of DcBeque. The reservoir would proyide <br />water for municipal and industrial uses and generation of hydroelectric power, <br />reduce daQaging floods 1n the Colorado River, and increase opportunities for <br />recreation and fishing. Also by retaining sediment and stabilizing streamflows, <br />the reservoir w~uld improve the water supplies for users ~ediately downstream. <br />Recreation and fishery .opportunities would be provided :It the reservoir and the <br />improved stream conditions would enhance the stream fishery below the reservoir. <br />No irrigation would be associated with tbe extension. <br /> <br />.\.' <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />PROJECT PURPOSES: <br /> <br />j <br /> <br />Municipal and domestic water: Average annual supply of 73,000 acre-feet <br />and b~ncfits of $2,223,000 annually. <br /> <br />Recreation: Preliminary annual benefits of $1,650,000 based on 1,500,000 <br />visitations with f~11 development <br /> <br />Fish /lod wildlife: Prelminary annual benefits of $135,000 <br /> <br />Flood control: Benefits of $12,000 annually <br /> <br />Pow~r: The powerplant would have a' capacity of 28,050 kilowatts and could <br />produce an average'of 134,560,000 kilowatt hours of electrical energy <br />annually. <br /> <br />j <br />, <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~"""'l.-_:';" <br /> <br />~... <br /> <br />.0." ,.:_., <br /> <br />. : <br /> <br />;"-' .~, <br /> <br />'>...o..i:_-_______~"co:<"_ <br /> <br />.,J <br />