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<br />00 <br />~ <br />C~ <br /> <br />3. Site //2 -- Sprinkler Irrigation ,Uternative <br /> <br />",~ <br />.:~:.~.~ <br /> <br />This plan would have Saltado Dam located on tl:e San Miguel <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />River 4.4 miles dcwnstream of the junction of Highways 145 and 62. <br /> <br />When full, Saltado Reservoir would have a surface area of 373 acres, <br /> <br />and would extend upstream 3.4 miles. Highway 145 would have to be <br /> <br />relocated for 5.1 miles. The Specie Creek Road also would have to <br /> <br />be relocated for 2.8 miles. <br /> <br />Water would be conveyed to Wright's Mesa by means of a pipeline <br /> <br />and pumping plant in San Miguel Canyon. The 9.6 mile pipeline would <br /> <br />run from the Saltado Dam to the pumping plant, which would be located <br /> <br />below the Norwood Hill "s" curve on Highway 145. The water would <br /> <br />be pumped 360 feet into the head of the Basin Canal, which would <br /> <br />cross Wright's Mesa and traverse several drainages before ending in <br /> <br />Dry Creek Basin. The existing water collection, storage, and delivery <br /> <br />system would be meshed with the new facilities. Gurley Ditch would be <br /> <br />upgraded to reduce seepage losses. <br /> <br />This alternative would create a supply of water sufficient for <br /> <br />the irrigation of 12,700 acres of supplemental land and 7,060 acres <br /> <br />of full service land on Wright's Mesa and in the Lilylands and Dry <br /> <br />Creek Basin. Buried pipe laterals would be constructed to deliver <br /> <br />the water to the project land, which would be irrigated by sprinklers. <br /> <br />Twelve thousand acre-feet of municipal and industrial water would be <br /> <br />made available by the project for the proposed Golorado~Ute Electric <br /> <br />Association's generating plant, with another 2,000 acre-feet made <br /> <br />available for domestic use on Wright's Mesa. <br /> <br />- 5 - <br />