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<br />similar analyses of its water supply options. <br /> <br />EPI's review of project reveals no analysis of the impact on <br />groundwater quality as a result of applying irrigation water <br />to project lands. <br /> <br />POWER <br /> <br />The project as planned would not produce any power; in <br />fact, it is a huge user. The power for the project would be <br />transmitted to the Ship rock substation of the Colorado River <br />storage Project by a 115 XV line or would be purchased for <br />use by project facilities elsewhere. <br /> <br />Because of the design of the Animas La Plata project, water <br />must be lifted 525 feet from the Animas river to the Ridges <br />Basin Reservoir and then another 264 to 330 feet from the <br />reservoir to the Dry Side Canal. From the Dry Side Canal the <br />water would go west and be pumped up into steel tanks l45 <br />-220 feet high to create water pressure for three of the <br />laterals. The power needs to accomplish this are: <br /> <br />annual <br /> <br />annual <br /> <br />To Ridges Reservoir <br />To Dry Side Canal <br />To steel tanks <br /> <br />25,500Kw avg <br /> <br />l05,508,000 Kwh <br /> <br />23,600Kw avg <br /> <br />50,53l,000 Kwh <br />6,709,000 Kwh <br /> <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />3,740Kwavg <br />52,840KW avg <br /> <br />l62,748,000 Kwh <br /> <br />To put these power needs into a 'Oerspective.the EIS <br />indicates that the enBrav needs of the ~ro~ect could serve <br />the annual residential use for a city of about 63.000 <br />neo'Ole. <br /> <br />Additional lift figures were provided in the Definite Plan <br />Report for pumping plants at Alkali Gulch (134 feet), Ute <br />Mountain (166 feet), Southern ute (299 feet) and Third <br />Terrace (137 feet). <br /> <br />The amount of water pumped at the Durango Pumping Plant <br />would be determined by: <br /> <br />1. the flow in the Animas River <br />2. the downstream nonproject needs <br />3. the project New Mexico M&Iwater demand <br />4. the minimum bypass to maintain the aquatic system <br />5. the capacity of the pumping plants (430 cfs) <br />6. the amount of water in Ridges Basin Re.ervoir <br /> <br />36 <br />