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<br />Tentative sizing of Ridges Basin Reservoir provides about 190,000 acre- <br />feet of inactive capaci~, as compared with 90,000 acre-feet of active <br />capacity. The large inactive pool, scenic setting and closeness to the <br />City of Durango would give it a tremendouse recreation and fishery potential. <br /> <br />The plan would provide an underground lateral system with pressure for <br />sprinkler irrigation which will reduce both labor and water requirements. <br />The latter will reduce the detrimental effect of the project on the quality <br />of water in the Colorado River. <br /> <br />The plan would eliminate approximately 10,000 acres of presently unfarmed <br />lands derived from saline shsJ.es located in the McDermott and MeadOWS areas <br />in New Mexico. The project would then serve only high quality sandy-loam <br />soils, thus holding the project's contribution of salt in the Colorado River <br />t.o less than half that for the plan as authorized. <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />f' <br />, <br /> <br />-; <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Water that would have originally been used on the McDermott and Meadows <br />areas will now be ava11.able t.o meet fa.st growing municipal and industrial <br />water neaWl in New MexiCO. <br /> <br />J": <br />~: <br /> <br />I' <br /> <br />:~'. <br /> <br />11 <br />