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<br />. <br /> <br />C'J <br />~ <br />c'"' <br />C'J <br /> <br />January 1973 <br /> <br />l'lan 4 <br /> <br />SUH~lAltY sm:ETS <br />, <br />I <br />Ycllo') Jilcket Project, Colorndo <br /> <br />This plnn ind.udes .n1l fcatures th.nc are nO\o1 includcd in the preso::nt plan <br />rcco:nr.lcnded in the Proposed Re"ic,o:tl Dir~ctor's Report. The p;.:incipal <br />chnn!;e i3 m;1ir.~iinin:; the monthly tQini,"ut~ nnd maximum flo'Ns below Ripple <br />R~scrvoir, Los t P;.rk Rcscrvoi~, and the: Yellml J.J.cl~ct Diversicn D.:1iil chi1t. <br />,,'ere r"C0ffi';)CnGccl by the ColOi..ado \<Ii.lalHe COtc.miz,;ion on September .29, 1972. <br />The princip.:1i ';:!:lcc\: of iJI,'i.b Jt:tie,d ib i.:lC ht.:C i:cu.uct!O;\ ill lhs \;.1 tc:{- :.;!.l>[;1)' <br />available to the project of about 25 to 30 percent. This water supply Eor <br />the Whit~ River Bnsin was/equally divided bC~lcen the irrigation nnd muni- <br />cipal, domestic, :tna indur'trial water supply requirements. This reduction <br />results in thc following: presently cultivated l~nds reduced from 10,500 <br />.ncres to 7,630 :tcres; presently irrig.nted lands remain the same. 3,690 <br />acres; municipal, domest~c, and industri.nl w3ter reduced from 71.500 ac~e- <br />feet,to 55,000 acre-feet! <br />I <br />I <br />WArEK SUPPLY (average acre-feet annually) <br />I <br /> <br />Project water supply nt !points of diversion <br />Industrial, municipal, .nnd domestic use. . . . . . . . . . . <br />Irrigation .. . . (.! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Total ......................... <br />DepIction of Colorado River .................. <br />I <br />I <br />IRRIGATIO~ SERVICE &~EA (acres) <br />I <br />land (now cultivated) . .~. . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />service land ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />55.000 <br />23,100 <br />78,100 <br />61,400 <br /> <br />Full service <br />Supplemen tal <br />Total . <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />i...... <br />I <br /> <br />. . . . <br /> <br />7,630 <br />3,690 <br />11,320 <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />. . . . . <br /> <br />. . . <br /> <br />. . . <br /> <br />PROJECT FEATURES <br /> <br /> Thorn- <br /> Ripple Lost Pnrk burgh <br />Reservoirs <br />Capacity (acre-feet) <br />Active 17.000 22.000 16,535 <br />Dead and in.nctive 3.000 2,500 6,001 <br /> Total 20,000 24.500 22.536 <br />Normal w.nter surface area <br />(acres) 365 581 605 <br />Dams <br />Height (fcet) 201 114 115 <br />Crest length (feet) 1.790 1.160 700 <br /> Yellow Josephine Hilk <br />Cnnals Jacket Basin Crcek I <br />Length (miles) 31 36 12 <br />Ini ti.nl capacity (second-feet) 210 120 60 <br /> I <br /> I <br />