WSP01721

• File Number: 8220.127.A
• Description: Savery-Pot Hook Project
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Date: 3/1/1973
• Title: Summary Sheet: Savery-Pot Hook Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Project Overview

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~ released to supplement usable natural and return flows diverted by new
t'- and existing canals and ditches.
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~~ New project canals will include the Dolan Mesa Canal from Savery Creek
and the Pot Rook Canal from the Pot Hook Reservoir. Two major laterals
will branch from the Pot Hook Canal and new laterals will be constructed
to serve the new full irrigation service lands. Drains will be provided
as needed.

Dead and inactive storage pools will be available in both the Savery and
Pot Hook Reservoirs for recreation and fishing, and minimum flows will
be maintained for fishing in Savery Creek. Recraational facilities will
be provided at both the Savery and Pot Hook Reservoirs. Rangelands below
the project area will be improved for wildlife habitat to compensate for
the lands utilized for water storage in the two reservoir basins.

Some Federal and State lands will be provided to permit enlargement of
the smaller existing farms and to prOVide some new farm uni ts. Settler
assistance will be provided as part of the project development.

ALTER~TIVES

The project presented for authorization was primarily a single-purpose
irrigation development with some recreation and fish and wildlife benefits.
Modifications to the plan has reduced the irrigable area served by the
project, and increased recreation and fish storage pools in the two reser-
~irs. Flood control and wildlife enhancement were also developed.

PURPOSES SERVED

Recreation
Fishing
Irrigation
Supplemental
Full service

40,000 man-days
51,200 man-days
51,500 acre-feet
14,330 acres
17,920 acres including

$39,200
$51,900

6 new farm units.

Flood control
Water quality
Stream depletion

$30,700
Salinity increase by 2.5 mgll
26,000 acre-feet

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