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<br /> <br />N <br />, <br />r <br /> <br /> <br />~-[I <br />~h'Ui .- <br />, <br /> <br />RIDGWAY l, <br />DAM I. <br />" <br />1 <br /> <br />L.. <br />. <br />~ <br />I; <br />, <br />I' <br />L <br /> <br />AIc.....STAT( <br />Il(CAtJ,TlOH <br />.t.I'I!IollOlN;W!. <br /> <br />Project Benefits <br /> <br />PROJECT FEATURES <br /> <br />Ridgway Dam <br />ihe Dallas Creek Projects RIdgway <br />Dam, located 20 miles south of <br />Montrose. Colorado. is a foiled <br />earthfillslrUClurecontaining 10 million <br />cubic yards of malerial. The dam rises <br />227 feet above the streambed and <br />has a crest length of 2.430 feet. <br />Ridgway Dam can accommodate a <br />powerplant with two 2.1-megawan <br />units which would produce 19.000 <br />megawatt hours of electricity <br />annually. <br /> <br />will supply 28,100 acre.feel of wale <br />10 municipal and industrial users and <br />11,200 acre-Ieet of waler for <br />supplemental irrigation of 20,500 <br />acres in the Uncompahgre VaHey. <br /> <br />Ridgway Slate Recreation Area <br /> <br />Four recreation siles 10 be located in <br />the area will be operated by the <br />Colorado Division of Parks and <br />Outdoor Recreation. Dutch Charlie <br />Recreation Site and Dallas Day Us{ <br />Area will be located by the reservoir <br />Pa-Co-Chu-Puk Campground will bt <br />located downstream of the reservoir <br />and the San Juan Overlook on the <br />east side of the reservoir. <br /> <br />Ridgway Reservoir <br /> <br />The reservOIr created by Ihe dam has <br />a maximum capacity of 80.000 <br />acre-leet and a total water surface <br />area of 1,030 acres. The reservoir <br /> <br />$4,768,000 <br />933.000 <br />1,772,000 <br />116,000 <br />104,000 <br /> <br /> <br />Anticipated annual benehts from the Dallas Creek Project <br />include: <br /> <br />Municipal and Industrial <br />Irrigation <br />Recreation <br />Fish and Wildlife <br />Flood Control <br /> <br />Tolal Benefits <br /> <br />~. <br />U~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.It . <br />f,. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />$7,693,000 <br /> <br />--'"'t' <br />~ """-u <br />~"'.-~,",-- <br />-'<~ - - <br />~ _4.~~ ,.__~ <br />......., ............. <br />~ri>~' <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MuniCipal Water <br /> <br /> <br />'7:1 <br />_c"'o .. :~~, ..~~ "1 ~ .~~~~ <br />t \" W" " ,66 <br />k!'" ~ ..:. -, .;.'- ..-t.,'... ~~-- ..... '-, <br />-(.vl \., ,,'~.it ~'\~ "../P",J <br />~'~. 'l"~1 ~ i1~. ~ l, ,." '.! <br />- '- - .~., ~ , <br />ti' --' '. ., <br />.~~...~ .~~~~ <br /> <br />Wildltfe <br /> <br />Recreatl()l'\ <br /> <br />Agncuttur& <br />