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.-! C"j In ~ CHAPTER IV COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT '-..- Operating Organization The Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District could act as the contracting and administrative agency for the reclamation and joint use facilities of the project, or smaller districts may be formed to serve the project divisionso Specific recreational facilities probably would be administered by the Forest Service or by a local, non-Federal agency, Irrigation Areas served The land acreages tentatively selected for inclusion in the compre- hensive development are shown belowo The acreages shown reflect a 10- percent reduction from the acreages classified as an allowance for rights- of-way and for changes expected with a detailed land classificationo Project irrigable area (Unit--acres) East Ohio Tomichi Cochetopa Gate- River Creek Creek Creek view area area area area area Tc;>tal Full service land Class 1 20 140 150 310 Class 2 930 2,660 4,920 2,340 220 11,070 Pasture 2,200 3,910 4,940 3,290 840 15,180 Subtotal 3,130 6,590 10,000 5,780 1,060 26,560 Supplemental service land Meadow 8,270 10,270 70 110 18,120 CuI ti vated 240 20 30 290 Subtotal 8,510 10,290 10 140 19,010 Total 3,130 15,100 20,290 5,850 1,200 45..~10 Irrigation water supply With comprehensive development the irrigators would be furnished an average water supply within ideal requirements of about 154,400 acre-feet annually, including 41,500 acre-feet presently available and 106,900 acre- feet in increased supplies provided by the project, These, supplies would meet about 98 percent of the diversion requirements of the lands in the comprehensive development, which are estimated at 151,800 acre-feet annu- ally or an average of 3,46 acre-feet an acre, Water users on presently irrigated lands now use considerably more than the 41,500 acre-feet annually shown as available, The additional 21.