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<br />0.1 <br />1:.0 <br />"".1 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~;,~.;\ <br />"'.sw <br /> <br />10. Site #4 Alternative <br /> <br />f~1. <br />-ihi <br /> <br />This alternative features a concrete arch Saltado Dam located <br /> <br />on the San Mi~uel River 7.8 miles downstreaIDof the junction of <br /> <br />Highways 145 and 62. Behind the dam, Saltado Reservoir would back water <br /> <br />up the river 3.5 miles, and would cover 350 acres. Highway 145 would <br /> <br />have to be relocated for a 4.7 mile length due to inundation of the <br /> <br />present roadway. <br /> <br />From the dam, a pipeline would carry water 5.9 miles to a <br /> <br />pumping plant which would be located in the proximity of the "s" <br /> <br />curve of the Norwood Hill highway. The pumping plant would lift the <br /> <br />water 510 feet to Basin Canal, which would convey the water across <br /> <br />Wright's Mesa, Naturita Canyon, and several other drainages, before <br /> <br />ending in the Dry Creek Basin. The current irrigation system would <br /> <br />be lllcorporated into the project, and would continue to serve the <br /> <br />~:;;:-~ <br /> <br />area. Gurley Ditch would be rehabilitated, mainly by lining it to <br /> <br />reduce seepage losses. <br /> <br />The Site #4 Alternative would provide an annual supply of irrigation <br /> <br />water for 12,700 acres of supplemental ~nd 7,060 acres of full service <br /> <br />land. Buried pipe laterals would be used to distribute the water to <br /> <br />sprinkler systems. Twelve thousand acre-feet of industrial water <br /> <br />would be allocated annually to the proposed generating plant to be <br /> <br />built by the Colorado-Ute Electric Associatio~. Two thousand acre- <br /> <br />feet of municipal water Would be allocated for domestic use on <br /> <br />Wright's Mesa. <br /> <br />(A gravity concrete dam was also priced at this site with a cost <br /> <br />of twice that of the concrete arch dam above.) <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />_ 10 <br />