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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />locations along the present Rocky Ford. The remainder of the system would <br />be concrete-lined as in plan 1. The total cost 'of this plan is almost <br />$17,500,000 and could reduce the salt content of McElmo Creek by 43,000 <br />tons annually. <br />3) Placing the MVI system into pipe. Part of the MVI system <br />could be placed into pipe to develop gravity sprinkler pressure in the <br />lower half of the irrigated area, The maximum potential of this candidate <br />plan would be to pressurize sprinklers on the land below elevation 6220. <br />This land would lie between 5 miles north of Cortez to Mesa Verde. The <br />minimum this plan would provide would be a pipeline to replace the High- <br />line and Rocky Ford Ditch, which would provide gravity sprinkler pressure <br />to 9000 acres of high salt contributing soil. This candidate plan could <br />save from 50,000 to 60,000 tons of salt annually at a construction cost <br />of $23,000,000 to $49,000,000. <br />4) Using McElmo Creek water as cooling water for a powerplant <br />in the Four Corners Area. Up to 20,000 acre feet of McElmo Creek water <br />could be made available annually for use as powerplant cooling water, <br />Two delivery schemes were investigated; the first plan would divert <br />water out of McElmo Creek below Mud Creek and transport it via 19 miles <br />of Navaho Draw and 35 miles of pipeline to the Four Corners powerplant. <br />The second plan would store McElmo Creek water in Mud Creek, and then <br />transport it via 49 miles of pipeline to the San Juan powerplant. Con- <br />struction costs for the first plan lS $76,000,000 and the second plan <br />$108,000,000. Both plans have the potential of reducing the salinity of <br />McElmo Creek by 60,000 tons annually. <br />These candidate plans are open to public comment and discussion, A <br />public meeting to evaluate environmental concerns on these plans will be <br />held May 13 at 7:00 p,m, in the Cortez High School auditorium, <br />The McElmo project schedule calls for a plan of development to be <br />selected May 20, 1981 from the above candidate plans, This plan would <br />be refined and the draft reports should be begun by early 1982, These <br />draft reports should be filed by the first of FY 1984 and the final reports <br />sent to Congress by the middle of 1984 (see figure 2), The public involve- <br />ment and multiple objective planning process will continue for the duration <br />of the project. <br /> <br />001554 <br />