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<br />l!? <br />"'=" <br />.,...; <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />102 Columbine Building <br />1845 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />March 12, 1973 <br /> <br />SAN MIGUEL PROJECT <br /> <br />The San Miguel project area is in southwestern Colorado in the <br />San Miguel River basin area. The principal towns in the area are Norwood, <br />Nucla and Naturita. The project was authorized by the Congress in 1968 <br />as a participating project of the Colorado River Storage Project. The <br />San Miguel Water Conservancy District was organized in 1957 as the spon- <br />soring and contractual agency for the project. The district includes <br />portions of Montrose and San Miguel counties. <br /> <br />Plan of Development <br /> <br />The San Miguel project would regulate flows of the San Miguel <br />River for irrigation, municipal and industrial use, fish and wildlife <br />conservation, recreation and flood control. <br /> <br />River flows would be regulated at the Saltado Reservoir. <br />Releases would be made from the reservoir to the river for existing water <br />rights, municipal and industrial use, and fish and wildlife. Other water <br />for irrigation, municipal and industrial use, and fish and wildlife would <br />be released into the Norwood Canal which would divert from the outlet of <br />Saltado Dam. The Norwood Canal would be the first link in a chain of <br />irrigation facilities that would extend west from Saltado Reservoir, <br />generally along the southern perimeter of the irrigable land area. This <br />chain would include in successive order the Naturita Reservoir at the <br />terminus of the Norwood Canal, the Basin Canal heading at the Naturita <br />Reservoir, the Radium Reservoir which would receive water from the Basin <br />Canal, and the Paradox Canal heading on West Fork of Dry Creek below the <br />outlet of Radium Reservoir. The Mailbox Park Canal would branch north- <br />west from the Norwood Canal and the Long Park lateral would branch from <br />the Paradox Canal. Other distribution laterals and land drains would be <br />provided as needed. Existing reservoirs and distribution systems would be <br />integrated with the project irrigation system and exchanges effected to <br />bring water to some lands above project works. <br />