WSP02970

• File Number: 8059
• Description: Section D General Studies-State Water Plan
• State: CO
• Date: 1/1/1969
• Title: Writing the Report 1969-Colorado River Basin Draft2
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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PART IlI-D

COLORADO RIVER BASIN

been constructed to supplement the privately constructed systems and

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have consisted of the more costly storage facilities and long canals

necessary to serve these lands. There are 28 reservoirs of over 500

acre-teet capacity. Four of these were federally constructed and the

ather 2~ ~ere constructed by private interests.

~ present developments for irrigation of lands within the

Dolores River Subbasin have been privately constructed through the

coope~ive efforts of the water users. The principal irrigation

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systems operating in the basin are the Hughes Ditch, Farmers Water

nevelopment Company, Lone Cone Ditch COillpany, Lilylands Canal and

Reservoir Company, Paradox Valley CaJial and Reservoir Company and the

Colorado Cooperative Company. These six developments serve about 60
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~ercent of the ~~ acres now irrigated in the Dolores River Basin.

In. addition, the Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company and the Summit

Reservoir and Irrigation Company have constructed diversion and

storage facilities within the Dolores River basin for export of water

for irrigaLion use within the San Juan River Subbasin. There are six

irrigation reservoirs of 500 acre-feet capacity or more that have been

privately constructed in the basin.
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There are ,<~~:no acres of irrigated cropland in the San Juan

River Subbasin. The development of these lands for irrigation has

practically all been accomplished privately through the cooperative

efforts of water users. Federal projects have been constructed to

provide reservoir stcrage and late season supplemental water supply

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