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r,O .... m I;;~ T. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. Inttoduction In June 1985 the Colotado River Water Conservation District in associat ion with the \~est Divide Watet Conservancy Qistrict and the, Colotado Watet Conservation Board enteted into an agreement with Hydro-Triad, Ltd., to perform a water resources planning study of the West Divide Creek basin and sutroundings. This report presents the re"ults of that study. The objective of this study is to develop and evaluate several viable alternative water storage and delivery systems on the various stteams within the study area as shown on Figure I-I. The primary project purpose is to better manage existing water ~upplies for irrigation. Provision of some storage capacity for municipal al)d industrial water supplies is, also included. Special consideration is given in this study to facilit1es which are less costly than those proposed in previous studies made by the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and others, of ,the West Divide Project. The intent here is to identify alternatives wh.ich may be suitab~e for State and local funding. B. Study Area The study area is located in Mesa and Garfield counties in west- central Colorado approximately 50 miles northwest of Grand Junction, and 20 miles west of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The project area is bounded on the North by a 28 mile segment of the Colorado River running between the towns of New Castle and Parachute and including the towns of Rifle and Silt. Two National Forests, the White Rive!; National Forest-and the Grand Mesa National Forest bound the study area to the West and South. The highest elevations in the area are towards the Battlement Mesa area in the South at approximately 11,000 feet. The land slopes downward towards the Colorado River reaching a minimum elevation of 5,100 feet near Parachute. The elevation of project lands ranges from 5.200 feet to nearly 7,000 feet. I-I .1