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<br />DOLORES PROJECT STATUS <br />Page 1 10/08/96 <br /> <br />DOLORES PROJECT <br /> <br />TEN YEARS OPERATION I STATUS REPORT <br /> <br />THE POSITIVE <br /> <br />DEFINITELY A CULTURAL / POLITICAL POSITIVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY <br /> <br />A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE UTE INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT <br />THE WATER THE UTES RECEIVE FROM THE DOLORES PROJECT IS IN LIEU OF THEIR CLAIM TO THE <br />MANCOS RIVER. THE TRIBE HAS OTHER CLAIMS, SPECIFICALLY ON THE LA PLATA RIVER <br /> <br />STABILIZED THE COMMUNITIES WATER SUPPLY <br /> <br />NO LONGER ANY MUNICIPAL SHORTAGES <br /> <br />TOW AOC (Ute Tribal Community) NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, HAS A DEPENDABLE SUPPLY OF <br />DOMESTIC WATER <br /> <br />CORTEZ & DOVE CREEK NO LONGER FACE ANNUAL SHORTAGES <br /> <br />37,500 ACRES OF PREVIOUSLY IRRIGATED LAND (the Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company <br />system) NOW HAS A FULL SUPPLY OF WATER (in 1996 that system would have been out of water <br />by JULY 5th) <br /> <br />31,000 ACRES OF IRRIGATED LANDS DEVELOPED <br /> <br />28,000 ACRES FULL SERVICE NON INDIAN LANDS <br /> <br />A HUGE SUCCESS <br />PRODUCTION INCREASE EQUAL 5 TO 10 FOLD <br /> <br />LAND PRICES <br /> <br />UNDEVELOPED LAND WITH AN ALLOCATION OF DOLORES PROJECT WATER SELLS FOR $700 - $800 PER <br />ACRE COMPARED TO $250 FOR DRY LAND <br /> <br />SOCIAL CONVERSION <br /> <br />HAS ALLOWED RESIDENT FARM FAMILIES TO INCLUDE THEIR CHILDREN INTO THE BUSINESS. THE ONLY <br />WAY DRY LAND FARMERS CAN DO THAT IS TO CONTROL MORE & MORE LAND. THE POPULATION OF THE <br />NON INDIAN FULL SERVICE AREA IS INCREASING. NEW FARMSTEADS WITH YOUNG OWNERS IS A FACT IN <br />THE AREA -- UNLIKE MOST FARMING AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO PUT A <br />