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<br />~t:'i~.... . <br />.'?~' <br />",' <br />:";' .' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />823 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />March 1977 <br /> <br />FRUITLAND MESA PROJECT <br /> <br />The Fruitland Mesa Project is located in the Gunnison River Basin of <br />west-eentral Colorado. Project lands are located south of the Smith <br />Fork of the Gunnison River and east and north of the Black Canyon of <br />the Gunnison national recreation area near the Town of Crawford. The <br />project was authorized in 1964 as a participating project of the Colo- <br />rado River Storage Project Act. The Fruitland Mesa Water Conservancy <br />District was organized in 1960 as the sponsoring and contractual agency <br />for the project. This district includes portions of Delta, Gunnison, <br />and Montrose Counties. <br /> <br />Plan of Development <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Water provided by a storage reservoir on Soap Creek and from <br />Curecanti Creek will be diverted through the Black Mesa Conduit to <br />supplement the flows of Crystal Creek, all tributaries of the Gunnison <br />River. The releases from Black Mesa Conduit and direct flows from <br />Crystal Creek will be diverted by existing systems and by the proposed <br />Fruitland Canal. The initial portion of the Fruitland Canal will be a <br />replacement for the existing Gould Canal, from which water is presently <br />supplied to the Gould Reservoir and Gould Canal. <br /> <br />The Fruitland Canal would continue westward to provide irrigation for <br />6 proposed new farm units, 26 units for the enlargement of existing small <br />farms, and to provide water for private lands not now being irrigated. A <br />pipeline will be eonstructed for the National Park Service to provide the <br />Blaek Canyon monument area with approximately 15 acre-feet of water annually. <br />Irrigation laterals from the Fruitland Canal will be constructed as needed <br />to serve the new lands. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Recreational facilities will be provided at the Milly K. Goodwin Lake. <br />Fisheries will be created at the reservoir along Soap Creek and at the <br />privately owned Gould Reservoir. Irrigation replacements for the <br />maintenance of a fishery pool at Gould Reservoir will be made to the <br />reservoir owners from Fruitland Canal. Minimum flows for fish will <br />be maintained along Soap Creek and Curecanti Creek. <br /> <br />Project Costs (January 1976 prices) <br /> <br />Irrigation <br /> <br />$ <br /> <br />84,789,000 <br /> <br />Recreation, fish and wildlife <br /> <br />2,586,000 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Land acquisition and disposition <br /> <br />925,000 <br /> <br />Total Cost <br /> <br />$ <br /> <br />88,300,000 <br /> <br />