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<br />co <br />C\J <br />In <br />.-j <br /> <br />CHAPTER IV <br /> <br />COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT <br /> <br /> <br />Cement Creek Reservoir site. Photograph taken from <br />right abutment of dam site. <br /> <br />Water from the East River and Cement Creek Reservoirs ~ould be re- <br />leased to the stream channels below the reservoirs. Irrigation diver- <br />sions ~ould be made to lands along East River from the reservoir to the <br />mouth of the river. About 1.6 miles belo~ the junction of the East Riv- <br />er and Cement Creek a portion of the project water supply would be divert- <br />ed into the Almont Power Canal and conveyed by the canal about 11 miles <br />south~ard to the Almont Powerplant to be constructed at an offstream site <br />between the Taylor and East Rivers. A regulatory forebay and afterbay <br />would be constructed in connection with the powerplant. Releases from <br />the'afterbay would flow into the Taylor River. <br /> <br />Part of the project ~ater reaching the Gunnison River from the East <br />and Taylor Rivers would continue in the river to maintain the Uncompahgre <br />project's present supply and to provide adequate fishery flows. The re- <br />mainder would be diverted into the Gunnison Highline Canal for use in the <br />Ohio Creek area. The Highline Canal would be enlarged, extended, and re- <br />aligned as a project feature. Releases from the Highline Canal ~ould in- <br />crease the supply for lands along lower Ohio Creek and also would replace <br />some of the natural streamflow supply for these lands, releasing the nat- <br />ural flo~s for use farther upstream. <br /> <br />18 <br />