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<br />, 0028~2 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. f~'U/ ~ <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />CWCB <br />9/10/82 <br /> <br />Status of Western Colorado Water Projects <br /> <br />A. Authorized Federal Projects <br /> <br />1. Animas-La Plata <br /> <br />a, Purpose - Municipal and industrial water would be <br />furnished to the cities of Durango, Colorado, and <br />Aztec, Bloomfield and Farmington, New Mexico; <br />the Navajo Indians; and the Southern Ute and Ute <br />Mountain Ute Indians, Irrigation water would be <br />supplied for land in the La Plata River drainage in <br />Colorado and New Mexico and for land on the Southern <br />Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado. <br /> <br />b, Status - Authorized in 1968 as a participating <br />project of the Colorado River Storage Project <br />(CRSP), Project planning has been completed and the <br />project is ready for construction, Repayment <br />contracts have been negotiated but not yet submitted <br />to the electorate for approval, <br /> <br />c, Issues - The project is to proceed "as nearly as <br />practicable . . , concurrently with construction of <br />the Central Arizona Project to the end that , , , <br />[it] shall be completed not later than the date of <br />first delivery of water from. , . [the] Central <br />Arizona Project." CAP deliveries will begin in 1985. <br /> <br />Opponents of the project have fUed a suit <br />challenging the constitutionality of the water <br />conservancy district act and the formation of the <br />district which is to be the repayment entity for the <br />project, The state has intervened in the suit in <br />support of the district, <br /> <br />2. Dallas Creek <br /> <br />a. Purpose - The project will develop water for <br />municipal and industrial use, irrigation and power. <br /> <br />b. Status - The project is under construction with <br />initial storage of water scheduled for the spring of <br />1985. Plans for the addition of hydroelectric <br />facilities include two 2,1 MW generators which would <br />produce about 19,000 megawatt hours of electricity <br />annually. <br /> <br />ded <br />swc <br />