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<br />o <br />Ii"' <br />C'J <br /> <br />4. Site #2.8 Alternative <br /> <br />. .1 <br />Saltado Dam would be constructed on the San M1guel River 2.9 <br /> <br />miles downstream from the junction of Highways 145 and 62. Saltado <br /> <br />Reservoir would form behind the dam for a distance of 3.1 miles and, <br /> <br />at maximum water surface, would cover 395 acres. Highway 145 would <br /> <br />have to be relocated 4.6 miles, as would a 1.1 mile stretch of the <br /> <br />Specie Creek Road. A portion of "Old" Placerville also would have <br /> <br />to be relocated. <br /> <br />An II-mile pipeline would carry water down the San Miguel <br /> <br />River to a pumping plant located below the "s" curve atop the <br /> <br />'Norwood Hill. The pumping plant would lift the water 320 feet to <br /> <br />Wright's Mesa to the head of Basin Canal, which would convey the <br /> <br />water across Wright's Mesa and on to the Dry Creek Basin. The <br /> <br />currently existing system of Cone, Gurley and Lilylands Ditches <br /> <br />~\ <br />il~ <br />t,'," <br />~i'; <br />1\ <br />F! <br />\'" <br />~n <br /> <br />would be tied in with the new facilities. Gurley Ditch would be <br /> <br />lined to help prevent the seepage losses that are now occurring. <br /> <br />~};'1 Jr.'1 <br />"X'i <br />~~ <br />'1 <br />::,:i:! <br />~.} <br />r <br />; <br />. <br />, <br />1 ~ <br />\ I <br />\J <br />ji <br />I' <br />I' <br /> <br />I, <br />I' <br />I <br />I <br />t <br /> <br />The Site #2.8 Alternative plan of development for the San <br /> <br />Miguel Project would provide irrigation water for 12,700 acres of <br /> <br />supplemental and 7,060 acres of full service farmland on Wright's <br /> <br />Mesa, and in the Lilylands and the Dry Creek Basin. Sprinkler <br /> <br />irrigation would be accommodated through the installation of new <br /> <br />buried pipe laterals. Twelve thousand acre-feet of industrial water <br /> <br />would be allocated for the proposed coal-fired generating plant to <br /> <br />be operated by the Colorado-Ute Electric Association. Two thousand <br /> <br />acre-feet of water would be allocated for domestic use on Wright's <br /> <br />Mesa, ,bringing the total of municipal and industrial water to <br /> <br />14,000 acre-feet (annually) for the San Miguel Project. <br /> <br />,I <br />,. <br /> <br />:1 <br />l' , <br />. , <br />{c,:oz,','i'. <br />,"'1 <br />\ <br /> <br />I <br />f <br />I' <br />:'j <br />!tj, <br />:~r <br />ii, <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />, <br />'f <br />I. <br />II <br />:i <br /> <br />, <br />I <br />" <br />. <br />l <br />'I <br />I <br /> <br />.'~ <br />