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<br />DOLORES PROJECT <br /> <br />Summary Analysis <br /> <br />The Dolores Project, autJ'lorized by Public Law 90-537 on September 30, <br /> <br />1968, is a multipurpose project located in southwestern Colorado in <br /> <br />Dolores and Montezuma Counties, This project would serve 26,300 acres <br /> <br />of supplemental service lands, 27,860 acres of non-Indian full service <br /> <br />lands, and 7,500 acreS of full service land on the Ute Mountain Ute <br /> <br />Indian Reservation. <br /> <br />~!unicipal water supplies would be made available for the towns of <br /> <br />Cortez, Dove Creek, and Towaoc (located on the Ute Mountain Ute Indian <br /> <br />Reservation) and for the rural areas of Dolores County. <br /> <br />The restoration of the historically dry but scenic Dolores River <br /> <br />Canyon below the project would be possible by providing storage releases <br /> <br />of water to guarantee minimum streamflows below McPhee Reservoir. These <br /> <br />flows would not only enhance the canyon but would reestablish a good trout <br /> <br />fishery for several miles below the dam and a warm water fishery through- <br /> <br />out the canyon area. <br /> <br />I. Economic Analysis <br />A. Benefit-Cost Ratio <br /> <br />Project construction costs of $187,336,000 and annual OM&R costs <br /> <br />of $936,000 have been allocated to irrigation, municipal and <br /> <br />1 <br />