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<br />o <br />r.&J <br />"-J <br /> <br />j <br /> <br />J <br /> <br />\ <br />I <br />I <br />! <br /> <br />Site 113 -- Large Acreage \\lith Power Plant Alternative, <br /> <br />, >,~. <br /><i:'-Jj <br />""-~x_: <br /> <br />This alternative calls for the construction of Saltado Dam on the <br /> <br />I <br />San Miguel River 2.6 miles downstream of the junction of Highways 145 <br /> <br />and 62., Salta do Reservoir would cover 395 acres, and would extend up- <br /> <br />stream 3.1 miles. Three and one half miles of Highway 145 below the <br /> <br />junction of Highways 145 and 62 would be moved. <br /> <br />The water would flow from the reservoir into an 11.5 mile pipe- <br /> <br />line, which would terminate at a pumping plant on the south side of <br /> <br />the San Niguel Canyon below the "s" curve on top of Non-70od Hill. A <br /> <br />power generating plant (three megawatt potential) would be constructed <br /> <br />below the site of the pumping plant. Power would be generated by the <br /> <br />release of.water from the pipeline at river level <br /> <br />this would occur <br /> <br />whenever there was an excess capacity in the pipeline not being used <br /> <br />for project irrigation purposes during April through September. There <br /> <br />would be fish releases in the river. The pumping plant would lift the <br /> <br />water 310 feet to the head of Basin Canal on Wright's Mesa. The canal <br /> <br />would cross the mesa and continue on to Dry Creek Basin. The new ~acil- <br /> <br />ities would be tied in with the existing irrigation system, and Gurley <br /> <br />Ditch would be lined to reduce seepage losses. <br /> <br />This alternative plan of development would provide 12,000 acre- <br /> <br />feet of water for the proposed Colorado-Ute generating plant, and 2,000 <br /> <br />acre-feet for domestic use on Wright's Mesa, for an annual total of <br /> <br />14,000 acre-feet of municipal and industrial water. The project would <br /> <br />serve l2,700'acres of 'supplemental and 7,060 acres of full service land. <br /> <br />A buried pipe lateral system would be built to provide pressure for the <br /> <br />an~icipated sprinkler irrigation system. <br /> <br />, <br />, <br />I <br /> <br />,I <br /> <br />ria <br />" <br /> <br />1 <br />I <br />m <br />" <br />.~ <br />!,'~ <br />..I <br />di <br />ill <br />~ <br />9 <br />I <br />, <br /> <br />" <br />. <br />" <br />.. <br />'i <br />II <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~"-;~ <br />,1,"'t;;, <br />"'''''';>~ <br /> <br />j <br />I <br />,I <br /> <br />; <br />, <br />! <br />