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<br />COLORADO: RIVER S'l'ORAGE:,I!ROJECT
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<br />Navajo unit reservoir,Jor storage'purposes,It will ,provide facilities
<br />for the irrigatio)1 of appl'Oxim!1tely 110,630 acres by the Navajo
<br />Indian Tribe. lponstruction continued on the canal headworks, in
<br />the N!1vajo Reservoir and the 2-mile tunnel No. 1 leading from the'
<br />headworks,and' on th'e 5)6-rnile tunnel N 0,2" ' ' , "
<br />.. A24-inch and a 16-inch natural gas pipeline which were located
<br />within the canal right-of-way were also relocated. , ' ,
<br />,'Work also continued on,the acquisition of land and:land rights, and
<br />on the ,accumul!1tion of dat!1 to be used in the issu!1nce of future
<br />construction spe4ifications.
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<br />,-SAN:: .tUAN."lCHAiJA PARTICIPATING PROJECT,- COLORADO-NEW ME~qCO
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<br />Tlje 'proje9t,!S located in south-ce:r:tra! Oo!pmdo. in Aro)mlata
<br />County !1nd III jlorth-centr!11 New, MeXIco H) RIO, ArrIba, T!1ps,' and
<br />Sant!1 Fe Oounties. 'l'his is a Inultipllfpose proi' ect which will provide
<br />48,200 !1cre-feet,pf \Vater annU!111y,for municip!1 and industri!11 use by
<br />the city ,of" Albuquerquel1nd the Middle Rio Grande Oonserv!1ncy
<br />Disti'i'ct. ' It will !11so provide facilities for the transmountaindiver-
<br />sian of western ~lope Wl1ter from the Sl1nJul1nBl1sin into the e!1stern
<br />slope Oham!1 Basin. The inith,l phase oftha profect,' j,Vhich is
<br />preserj.tlYl1uthorized, will provide f!1cilities for an !1verage an'nual
<br />tmnsri:wuntai)1~iversionof 110,000 acre-feet. 'In!1ddition:to tliese
<br />f!1~ilitiest~e,proj,ect include~ the rehabilitation .of .fou~~lIlall irrig!1tioIl
<br />m.nts on tnbu.tanesof the RiO Grande. ,A fullJrngatwI) ,water ~uPl'ly
<br />Will beproVldetl for 39,330 acres.l1l}d !1 Bupplemept!11 ~upply for
<br />81;610!1cres of land. Fish !1ndwrldhfe!1udi'ecreation benefits will
<br />aJsdbe' 'tovided.' " .' '" ","'''' " '" , ,
<br />Oonskuctioncontinued ,on the 12.8-mile Axote!1' 'tunIlela:cio~s the
<br />Oontinentia'Divide, on the Bll1nco diversion works, !1nd 'on the8.5C
<br />mile Bl!1nco, tUflnel. . W prkalso ,continued, on the, El yad!1 Dam
<br />outlet works and on'the Oso diversion works and the 5.2-ihile Oso
<br />tunnel., Some progress was made on ,the prep!1ration of a'definite
<br />plan reportior the tributary irrigation units. ' " ,
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<br />SAVERY-POT H'OOK ::rARTICIPATING- PRO,J:ECTi. -COLORADO AN.D : <W;YOMING
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<br />The project is 10c!1ted in the Little Snl1ke Riv~r B!1~in in Moff!1t
<br />Oounty, 0010.,; and OaJ:bon and Sweetwater Oounties, Wyo.. , This
<br />is !1multipurpose project which would provide aJullsvpply of irriga,-
<br />tion, water to 21,9,20 !1cre"s of, l'lnd and a sUPP,lemental Wl1ter sn,\,'p,IY ,to",
<br />13,345 acres of ,inadequately irrig!1ted 111nd. The project will !11so
<br />provide fish and wildlife and recreation benefits. ' ,', ,"
<br />Land classifiqation studies !1nd drl\inage fieldwork were initiate,d in
<br />fiscal ye!1r 19.6~. Aeri!11 photography ~f the project area and,some
<br />additional drIlling .at the SaverydamSlte have been completed. A
<br />definite plan report is scheduled for completion late infisc!11 year 1969,
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<br />~EE;'S~DEE PARTICIPATING PROJECT, WY01IHNG
<br />'This is a multipurpose project located Oil the 'Gree~ River in south-
<br />western Wyomjng. The proj.ect will prov:ide !' full water supply for
<br />58,775 l1cres !1Ad have a hydroelectric powerplant withl1 lll1meplate
<br />rating of 10,000 kilowatts. Municip!11 !1nd industrial wl1ter, recrea,-
<br />ation, and fi~h~nd wildlife protection are other pvrposesof the project.
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