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"":;)' ,~, . ~ , %:"''-', ,.~ . ,. "'~~ .= <~ <'f.";-"i'~ ,'{f....,.,. ~it? BASALT PROJECT, COLORADO The Basalt Project is located along the Roaring Fork River be- tween the communities of Basalt and Carbondale on the south and Glen- wood Springs on the north. The primary source of irrigation water would be provided from the Ruedi Reservoir, a feature of tLe Frying- pan-Arkansas project authorized by the Act of July 16, 1962 (Public Law 87-590). This legislation gave priority to investigations of the Basalt project as a potential use of Ruedi Reservoir water. The Ruedi Reservoir was included in the Fryingpan-Arkansas project to provide replacement storage for existing water uses on the Western Slope and to provide additional storage for future Western Slope water resource developments. Utilization of Ruedi Reservoir water plus natural flows of local streams would provide irrigation water to a total of 20,489 acres in the Basalt Project. The major features of the potential Basalt Project as presented in a December 1962 Reconnaissance Report include: the Basalt conduit which would head at Ruedi Reservoir and deliver water to terminal storage at the existing Missouri Heights Reservoir or to an alternate site on either Cattle Creek or CoutIer Creek; the Landis Canal would head at the terminal storage reservoir and distribute water to Upper Cattle Creek and Spring Valley areas; and the Carbondale Canal would pick up reservoir releases about one mile below the reservoir for de- livery to the Carbondale and Sopris areas. The Construction cost of the Basalt Project was estimated at $17,545, 000 based on prices of January 1962. This includes $1,885,000 of Ruedi Dam and Reservoir costs apportioned to Basalt Project use based on the percentage of Ruedi Reservoir yield utilized. Water rights for the Basalt Project were secured with equal priority to those for the Fryingpan-Arkansas project by the Colorado River Water Conservancy District.