WSP00436

• File Number: 8220.114.A
• Description: Dolores Participating Project
• State: CO
• Basin: San Juan/Dolores
• Water Division: 7
• Date: 3/1/1977
• Title: Dolores Project-Colorado - March 1977
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Project Overview

Annual municipal and industrial supplies of 6,200 acre-feet for

the city of Cortez and 1,000 acre-feet for the cummunity of Towaoc would

be stored in McPhee Reservoir and diverted through the Dolores Tunnel and

Canal, The buried Cortez-Towaoc Pipeline would receive this water from

the canal and convey it for 7.2 miles to a Cortez turnout and an

additional 12.3 miles to Towa~. Supplies of 600 acre-feet for the town

of Dove Creek and 900 acre-feet for nearby rural areas would be conveyed

in the Dove Creek Canal to Monument Creek Reservoir, where it would be

re-regulated for use. The water users in the project area would be

responsible for any required treatment and distribution facilities.

Recreational facilities would be provided at lkPhee and Monument

Creek ReservoirS and along the Dolores River for about 105 miles down-

stream from McPhee Reservoir, These facilities would accomodate boating,

swimming, water skiing, picnicking, camping, fishing, and hunting.

A project water supply of 25,400 acre-feet annually would be stored

in McPhee Reservoir and released to create an improved stream fishery

in the river, and streamside easements would be acquired for public

access. An additional 1,600 acre-feet would be stored for future fish

and wildlife purposes. Fisheries would be provided at McPhee and ~funument

Creek Reservoirs and also at Dawson Draw Reservoir, which would be con-

structed specifically for fish and wildlife. Land would be acquired and

developed as wildlife management areas at Monument Creek and Dawson Draw

Reservoirs, Additional wildlife habitat would be provided by selectively

seeding the rights-of-way along project lands to provide cover and food

for upland game.