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<br />OJ~135 <br /> <br />- 21 - <br /> <br />2. Dulce-Chama-Navajo Project. <br />This project, as described in the 1946 report of the Bureau <br />, <br /> <br />of Reclamation on "The Colorado River", would provide supplement- <br />al water to 1950 acres now irrigated and bring 15,900 acres of <br />new land under irrigation. This would require a regulating reser- <br />voir on the Navajo River to provide storage. <br />The portion of this project which is in Colorado is the area <br />known as Coyote Park, and includes about 3700 acres between the <br />Little Navajo River and the Rio Blanco. This area could be served <br />by a diversion from the Rio Blanco, perhaps as an adjunct of the <br />San Juan-Chama Project. <br />Detailed land classification and eonomic studies would be <br /> <br />necessary to determine the feasibility of such a plan. It would <br /> <br />seem advisable, however, to make provision to serve these lands <br /> <br />in any present planning for use of the waters in the Coyote Park <br />vicinity. A diversion rate of about 16,500 acre feet per year <br />would be necessary to meet the irrigation demand. The project <br />would deplete the flow of the San Juan River by about 5,300 acre <br />feet per year. <br />3. Carracas Project. <br /> <br />This project, also mentioned in the 1946 Bureau report "The <br />Colorado River", would provide water for 840 acres of new land and <br />supplemental water for 190 acres presently irrigated along the <br />San Juan River between Juanita and Arboles, Colorado. The develop- <br />ment of this area would deplete the flow of the San Juan River <br />about 1,100 acre feet per year. <br /> <br />',;1. <br /> <br />L'" <br /> <br />., -~. <br /> <br />.- J <br /> <br />.J. <br />,~ <br />~ <br />