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<br />SUMMARY SHEETS <br /> <br />DOLORES PROJECT, COLORADO <br /> <br />LOCATION <br /> <br />Montezuma and Dolores Counties of southwestern Colorado in the Upper <br />Colorado River Basin. <br /> <br />PLAN <br /> <br />The Dolores Project will develop water from the Dolores Ri~r for irri- <br />gation, municipal and .industrial use, power prod...ction~ recreation, and <br />fish and wildlife ,enhancement. It will also ~rovide flood and salinity <br />control and cult...ral reso...rces mitigation and will aid in area economic <br />redevelopment. Irrigation water will be provided, to the Dove Creek and <br />Montezwna Valley areas in the,Dolores Water Conservancy District and the <br />Towaoc area on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation. <br /> <br />Primary lrtorage for all project purposes will be. prOVided by McPhee <br />Reservoir on the" Dolores lti vert Dawson Draw Reservoir, will pe con- <br />structed specifically for fish and wildlife enhancement and will be s"'p- <br />plied primarily from irrigation ret...rn fiows. ' <br /> <br />Irrigation water will be provided for full service land in the Dove Creek <br />and Towaoc areas' and for s...pplemental service land, in the' Montezuma <br />Valley area. Water for the Dove Creek area will be pumped from McPhee <br />Reservoir Py the Great Cut Pumping Plant and conveyed through the Dove <br />Creek Canal and the South Canal. Water for the "Towaoc sreawill pe eon~ <br />veyed from the reservoir through the Dolores Tunnel to the Dolores and <br />Towaoe Canals. Buried pipe lateral systems will distribute water to <br />farms in poth ,the Dove Creek and Towaoc areas. The Montezuma Valley <br />area is presently served Py an existing gravity distripution system <br />owned by the Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company (MVIC). The MVIC system <br />will pe greatly improved Py the construction of several Dolores Project <br />features. The Dolores Tunnel and Canal have already been constructed, <br />replacing the old MVIC tunnel and East Lateral. The ptoposedTowaoc <br />Canal will replace the existing MVIC Lower Hermana Lateral and Highline <br />Di tch. The Rocky Ford Pipe Laterals will deliver water to lands presently <br />served Py the Rocky Ford Ditch, which will be abandoned. Portions of <br />the existing MVIC Lone Pine and Upper Hermana Laterals will be improved <br />with the addition of earth lining. The construction of the Towaoc Canal <br />and the Rocky Ford Pipe Laterals and the earth lining of the two MVIC <br />laterals will provide substantial salinity control in the project area. <br /> <br />M...nicipal and industrial water supplies for the communities of Cortez <br />and Towaoc will be stored in McPhee Reservoir and delivered, through the <br />recently constructed Dolores Tunnel and Canal and the proposed Cortez~ <br />Towaoc Pipeline. The Cortez-Towaoc Pipeline, formerly a project feature, <br />is to be constructed with non-Federal funds. Supplies for Dove Creek <br />and the surrounding rural areas will be conveyed in the Dove Creek Canal. <br /> <br />S-1 <br />