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<br />REVIEW ISSUES <br /> <br /> <br />Narrows Darn, to be located about 7 miles upstream from Fort Morgan, <br />would be an earth embankment structure. The dam will have a maximum <br />structural height of 147 feet, a length of 22,400 feet, and a crest <br />wi.dth of 30 feet. The total controlled capacity of the reservoir <br />would be 973,000 acre~feet. The storage space is apportioned as <br />follows: 50,000 acre-feet inactive, 373,000 acre-feet conservation, <br />75,000 acre-feet joint use, and 475,000 acre-feet flood control. <br /> <br />When authorized by Congress in 1970, the project service area included <br />166,000 acres of land, but the plan recognized the possibility of <br />additional service upstream by exchange. Current plans call for supply- <br />ing a supplemental average annual water supply to a project area <br />containing 287,000 acres. . <br /> <br />Operation of Narrows Reservoir for flood control purposes would <br />provide flood protection for downstream communities and farms <br />adjacent to the South Platte River. <br /> <br />Land acquisition required for construction and operation of the Narrows <br />Unit would be 44,900 acres. The reservoir would inundate 14,963 acres <br />at the top of the joint use storage. Of the remaining 29,937 acres, <br />9,000 acres would be available for agricultural lease. No distribution <br />faciliti.es are included in the project plan as water will be delivered <br />through the existing facil ities, <br /> <br />The National Park Service has developed plans for recreation facilities <br />at Narrows Reservoir and Jackson Lake. The tentative plan would provide <br />three publ i c~use areas . The high use area would be on, Jackson Lake . <br /> <br />.The Fi sh. _and Wi ld 1 ife,Serv ice .has,;.~eyelQ.Pedpl,g rfsand recolllll1Emda t i on s <br />for a wildlife management area andfisheries enhancement. <br /> <br />Three communities, Brush, Fort Morgan, and Sterling, in the project <br />area have expressed interests in obtaining supplemental water supplies <br />for municipal and industrial use from the Narrows Unit. <br /> <br />The issues identifiedoy the review team a'nd specified by. <br />the Secretary of the Interior for further study are: <br /> <br />1. The potential safety and seepage problems related to Narrows Dam. <br />2. Flood..control bene.fits considering upstream facilities and flooding <br />caused by Bijou Creek. <br /> <br />.--;^ <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br /> <br />--. .:",..,; <br /> <br />