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4 10 Dallas.CreekProject The Dallas Creek Project in the Uncompahgre River'Basin in vest ern Colorado vould involve construction of Ridgway Reservoir on the Uncompahgre River to provide water for supplemental irrigation' and 1IlUIlicipal and industrial use. . The project would include recreational facilities in connection ~th the reservoir. Project features are located in Ouray County, while project water would benefit Ouray, Delta, and Montrose Counties., Figure 2 shows the project area. Ridgway Reservoir will have a total capacity of 80,000 acre-feet annually. The supply will include 11,200 acre-feet for supplemental irrigation, 28,100 acre-feet for municipal and light industrial use, and 100 acre- feet as a reserve for use at project recreation sites.' The reservoir wi11 have a dead and inactive storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet including 20,900 acre-feet for recreation and 4,100 acre-feet for sed~ent retention. .Annual dep~etion from the Gunnison River is estimated to be 17,200 acre-feet annually. Curecanti Storage Proiect Ihe Curecanti Unit consists of three dams on the Gunnison River: the Crystal, Morrow Point, and Blue Mesa dams. lllue Mesa Dam, completed in October 19&5. has a capacity of 940,800 acre-feet. Construction of Morrow Poi#t Dam was completed in December, 1970. Its reservoir has a capacity 01;.. II! ,0.00 acre-feet. Crystal Dam vas completed in August; 1976. Th~!6-mil~-~ong Crystal Reservoir captures fluctuating releases frOB Morrol( Point Dam and smooths out the flow of the Gtmnison River. Estimated 4nntial depletion from the Gunnison is 10,500 acre-feet. ," " 'llps'Wick Park .Project I The BoSWick Park project is a multi-purpose water resource development iP the G~ison River Basin in west-central Colorado. Storage regulation i~}prC'liide4 by,Silver Jack Dam and Reservoir constructed on Cmarron Creek.' Th~ re~erVoir has a storage capacity of about ~O,600 acre-feet, iDclur1ing 8,000 acre.,...feet reserved for irrigation; Estilllated annual de~letion frOm the'Gunnisonis 4,200 acre~feet. Smith~ForkProject Surplus flows of Smith-Fork, Iron, Mud, and Alkali Creeks are made available by and regulated 'oy the Smith-Fork project in west-central Colorado. Construction features include Crawford Dam and Reservoir, Smith-Fork Feeder Canal, Aspen Canal, and Clipper Canal. Crawford Reservoir has a total capacity of 14,000 acre-feet. The Smith-Fork Diversion Dam has a diversion capacity of 80 cubic feet per second. The Smith-Fork Project supplies irrigation water for 6,920 acres of land. All construction vas completed in ~962. The estimated annual depletion of Smith-Fork Project from the Gunnison is 5,700 acre-feet.