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co ~ N t]', ' "'.""',\ ,;:)o.../~ -.,:.]<... ,,,-,ry,, .- ~*,'.i<~' 8. Site #3 -- Pump From River Alternative ~:~~ The Site 1/3 -- Pump From River' AI,ternative plan of development for the San Miguel Project would place SaltadG Reservoir on the San Miguel River 2.6 miles downstream of the junction of Highways 145 and 62. Saltado Reservoir would cover 395 acres when full and would back water up the canyon 3.1 miles, in the process inundating ,portions of Highway 145 and "old" Placerville, both of which .lOuld be relocated. Project water would be released directly into the river at the dam, and would be pumped 820 feet to Wright's Mesa from a pumping plant :ocated, on the river 11.5 miles downstream. After reaching Wright's Mesa, the water would be carried across Wright's Mesa and over to Dry Cr~ek Basin via the Basin Canal. The new project water supply would be combined with the supply developed by the existing system to form the total project supply. Gurley Canal would be rehabilitated as part of the project. The San Miguel Project implemented in Site #3 -- Pump From River Alternative would provide irrigation water for 19,760 acres: 12,700 acres of supplemental service land and 7,060 acres of full service land. A sprinkler irrigation system would be implemented on the irrigated areas, using buried pipe laterals to distribute to water through the project area. Fourteen thousand acre-feet of municipal and industrial water would be provided by this alternative annually. Twelve thousand acre-feet would be allocated for the proposed Colorado-Ute Electric Association coal-fired generating plant, and 2,000 acre-feet would be allocated for domestic use on Wright's Mesa.