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<br />. <br /> <br />li-"1 /~ [hI .~~ <br />t. 'J: \., '" <br /> <br />SUMMJIRY SHEETS <br /> <br />Basalt Project <br /> <br />LOCATION: Between the communities of Basalt and Glenwood Springs in the <br />Roaring Fork River Basin in Garfield. Eagle. and Pitkin <br />Counties of west-central Colorado <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />By utilizing water of the Ruedi Reservoir on Fryingpan River. an <br />authorized feature of the Fryingpan-Arkansas project. plus some <br />natural flows of local streams. the project would provide irrigation <br />water for 20.489 acres of land. including 14.362 acres of full serv- <br />ice land and 6.127 acres of supplemental service land. Project <br />effects other than for irrigation have not been evaluated. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Water would be conveyed in the Basalt Conduit ,ihich would head at <br />the outlet of Ruedi Reservoir and extend northwest 22 miles to the <br />existing Missouri Heights Reservoir which would be enlarged. This <br />water plus surplus flows of Cattle Creek would be stored in r-lissouri <br />Heights Reservoir during the nonirrigation season. During the irri- <br />gation season water conveyed by the Basalt Conduit would flow through <br />the reservoir and would be used together with released storage water <br />for irrigation. <br /> <br />The Landis Canal 'iould head at the outlet of the Missouri Heights <br />Reservoir and extend northwest 22.8 miles. distributing water to <br />lands in the upper Cattle Creek and Spring Valley areas. The canal <br />would also deliver water at its terminus to the Spring Valley lat- <br />eral system which serves lands on Spring Valley Bench. The Carbon- <br />dale Canal would head on a natural Channel about one mile below the <br />outlet of Missouri Heights Reservoir and would extend southwest 12.6 <br />miles. crossing Roaring Fork River by siphon and providing water to <br />lands in the Carbondale area. The Sopris Canal would branch :from <br />the Carbondale Canal at the outlet of the Roaring Fork siphon and <br />would convey water to lands in the Sopris area. Project works would <br />intercept and utilize some surplus water of local streams. Some <br />lands located above project distribution facilities would receive <br />addi tional water by exchange. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />