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<br />, <br /> <br />~. <br />---~. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />"'.1' <br />C) <br />...-4 <br />..., <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />102 Columbine Building <br />1845 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />March, 1976 <br /> <br />SAVERY-POT HOOK PROJECT <br /> <br />The Savery-Pot Hook project is located in the Little Snake River <br />basin in northwestern Colorado and southwestern Wyoming. The project <br />was authorized by the Congress in 1964 as a participating project of <br />the Colorado River Storage Project Act. The Pot Hook Water Conservancy <br />District was organized in 1960 to act as a sponsoring and contractual <br />agency for that portion of the project located in the state of Colorado. <br />The district includes a portion of Moffat County. <br /> <br />Plan of Development <br /> <br />Unused flows of Little Snake River and its tributaries, Savery <br />Creek from the north and Slater and Willow Creeks from the south, will <br />be developed for irrigation, recreation, and fish and wildlife. Flood <br />control also will be provided. The project will generally be compatible <br />with the environment of the area. <br /> <br />Storage regulation will be provided in Savery Reservoir on Savery <br />Creek in Wyoming and in Pot Hook Reservoir on Slater Creek in Colorado. <br />Releases from the reservoirs and usable natural and return flows will' be <br />diverted by new and existing canals and ditches. New canals will include <br />the Dolan Mesa Canal heading on Savery Creek and the Pot Hook Canal <br />heading at the Pot Hook Reservoir. Two major laterals will branch from <br />the Pot Hook Canal. New lateral systems will be constructed for full <br />irrigation service lands. Drains will be constructed as needed. Willow <br />Creek water will be made available through exchange to lands above Pot <br />Hook Canal. <br /> <br />Dead and inactive storage will be available in both Savery and Pot <br />Hook Reservoirs for fishing and recreation, and minimum flows for fish <br />will be maintained in Savery Creek. Recreational facilities will be <br />constructed at both Savery and Pot Hook Reservoirs. Range lands below <br />the project will be improved as wildlife habitat to compensate for <br />habitat lost through inundation of reservoir basins and irrigation of <br />new lands. Some federal and state land will be acquired to permit <br />enlargement of existing farms. <br /> <br />Water Supply' (Colorado) <br /> <br />Irrigation supply (acre-feet) <br />Stream depletion (acre-feet) <br /> <br />22,500 <br />12,100 <br />