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<br />lHJ2357 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />PACIFIC SOUTHWEST INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE <br />Quarterly Report for Colorado <br />65-4 Meeting <br /> <br />Construction <br /> <br />Work is progressing rapidly on the CURECANTI UNIT. Over- <br />all percentage of completion of the prime contract for Blue Mesa Dam <br />and powerplant is about 97 percent. Placement of the dam embankment <br />has been finished and State Highway 92 across the top of the dam has <br />been completed. The initial closure of the outlet structure was made <br />on October 26, and on November 14 approximately 21,000 acre feet of <br />water had been stored in the reservoir. It is contemplated that <br />65,000 acre feet of water will be released from the upstream Taylor <br />Park reservoir in the near future so that the l12,000-acre-foot <br />permanent pool in the Blue Mesa reservoir can be filled by January 15, <br />1966. A low bid of $1,245,423 was received on October 28, 1965 from <br />the Eagle Construction Corporation of Loveland, Colorado for instal- <br />lation of turbines, generators and other electrical equipment, and <br />to construct the switchyard for the plant. <br /> <br />At Morrow Point Dam the first bucket of concrete was placed <br />on September 3, 1965. This represents the first of 360,000 cubic <br />yards needed to complete the 465-foot-high structure. Excavation of <br />the penstock tunnels, draft tube tunnels, stilling basin and power- <br />plant chamber continues. Almost 35 percent of the prime contract <br />work has been completed. The 6.5-mile-long access road to the <br />Crystal Damsite has been substantially finished. <br /> <br />Progress on the SILT PROJECT is moving along according to <br />schedule. At Rifle Gap Dam, excavation for the spilling stilling <br />basin, placement of dam embankment and concrete placement in the out- <br />let works tunnel lining continues. <br /> <br />Work also continues at a satisfactory rate on the silt <br />Pump Canal and the David Ditch. Leland C. Cofer, dba Varulco, of <br />Grand Junction, was awarded the contract for construction of the silt <br />Pumping Plant. This plant will have a lift of 210 feet and will be <br />constructed at the end of a 4,000-foot-long inlet canal from the <br />Colorado River. <br /> <br />Feasibility Investigations and Reports <br /> <br />The DOLORES PROJECT feasibility report was transmitted to <br />the Bureau of the Budget on september 22, 1965, to obtain views of <br />that agency relative to submittal of the report to Congress. <br />