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<br />~. <br /> <br />ANI~~S - LA PLATA PROJECT <br />Alternatives <br /> <br />The attached table arrays four alternatives; one of which has 55,000 <br /> <br />acre-feet of Municipal and Industrial (M&I) water for the Southern Ute <br /> <br /> <br />Tribe and three that have 20,000 AF of M&I water. Each of the four <br /> <br /> <br />alternatives utilize the Animas Power Plant, the Durango Pumping Plant <br /> <br /> <br />and Ridges Basin Reservoir. The following paragraphs describe the <br /> <br />alternatives arrayed in the table: <br /> <br />Alternative in Column I - This alternative was the last one reMiewea by <br /> <br />the Advisory Team. Generally this alternate stores Animas River water <br /> <br />in Ridges Basin Reservoir via the Durango Pumping Plant and in Southern <br /> <br />Ute Reservoir via the Lower Animas Canal. La Plata River water is <br /> <br />stored in Hay Gulch Reservoir via the La Plata Diversion Canal. The <br /> <br />Animas Power Plant produces about 65 percent of the project power require- <br /> <br />ments. The map on the page after next shows the project features and the <br /> <br />lands. This alternative is the only one of the four that has 55,000 <br /> <br />acre-feet of M&I water for the Southern Ute Indian tribe. All project <br /> <br /> <br />lands are sprinkler irrigated except the 6,000 acres north of Ridges Basin <br /> <br /> <br />Canal. These 6,000 acres do not receive a full supply of water during the <br /> <br /> <br />late summer months with this plan. <br /> <br />Alternative in Column 2 - This alternative, with one exception, is <br /> <br />exactly the same as the previous one. The Southern Ute Indian Tribe would <br /> <br />receive 20,000 acre-feet of M&I water instead of 55,000 acre-feet. Reasons <br /> <br />for this change are detailed in an accompanying statement. This change <br />