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<br />~ <br />N <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />CHAPTER IV <br /> <br />COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT <br /> <br />Project Plan <br /> <br />Development under Plan A or the comprehensive development appears to <br />be about the largest project that could be considered for detailed inves- <br />tigations in the Upper Gunnison River Basin. It would be a multiplew <br />purpose project for irrigation, hydroelectric power, fish and wildlife, <br />and recreation. Irrigation would be provided for 45,570 acres of land, <br />including 26,560 acres of full service land and 19,010 acres of supple- <br />mental service land. About 60 percent of the full service land would be <br />integrated into existing farm units, and the rest would be developed into <br />new self-contained units. The project would provide 22,200 kilowatts of <br />installed hydroelectric capacity and an average annual generation of <br />76,236,000 kilowatt-hours of energy. <br /> <br />For convenience in the following discussions the plan for the com- <br />prehensive development has been divided into three divisions--the Taylor, <br />East River, and Gateview. The Taylor and East River divisions are closely <br />interrelated, but the Gateview is an independent segment of the project. <br />Project development could be undertaken in stages. <br /> <br />Project features are shown on the frontispiece map and indicated on <br />the profile on the following page, <br /> <br />Taylor division <br /> <br />The water supply for the Taylor division would consist of flows of <br />Taylor River, a small quantity of runoff of Ohio and Tomichi Creeks, <br />and project return flows. Regulation for some of the Taylor River flows <br />would be provided at the existing Taylor Park Reservoir of the Uncom- <br />pahgre project on the headwaters of Taylor River and at the potential <br />Alder Creek Reservoir on Alder Creek. Water diverted that is presently <br />a part of the Uncompahgre project supply would be fully replaced from <br />the Upper Gunnison project, <br /> <br />Water from Taylor Park Reservoir would be released through the Tay- <br />lor Park Powerplant that would be constructed as a project feature at the <br />toe of the dam. The water would return to the river through a small after- <br />bay reservoir. Approximately 12 miles below the powerplant water would be <br />diverted from the river to the potential Taylor Canal which would extend <br />to the Alder Creek Reservoir. Along the route of the Taylor Canal releases <br />would be made to the potential Baldwin and Gold Basin Canals. The Baldwin <br />Canal would extend northwest across Gunnison River and Ohio Creek to ter- <br />minate at Antelope Creek. A structure would be provided at the Ohio Creek <br /> <br />15 <br />