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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />n fJ?'7 31 <br /> <br />older treatment plant was rebuilt in 1966 and is in <br />good condition. A. new plant, upstream from Douglas <br />Creek, was completed in 1977 and will eventually pro- <br />vide 6.2 million gallons per day of treated water to <br />serve a population of 10,000. The Rangely Master <br />Plan foresees a population of 24,6DO. A water supply <br />source for a city of that size has not been addressed <br />in the plan (4). <br /> <br />3. Flooding in the Town of Rangely from high intensity <br />rainfall, heavy rainfall on snowpack, ice jams, and <br />anchored ice will continue but will be modified by <br />road embankments, levees. and dikes as recommended <br />by the Master Plan (4). <br /> <br />4. An alternative means of acquiring water for its pro- <br />posed thermoelectric plant would be required by the <br />Moon Lake Electric Association. <br /> <br />5. Unless the Rangely Project's conditional water rights <br />are perfected and the waters put to beneficial use, <br />the possibility exists that the rights could be de- <br />clared to have been abandoned or that the waters will <br />be appropriated in downstream states by interests ag- <br />gressively pursuing water development and would be lost <br />to Colorado forever. <br /> <br />B. Build a Smaller Dam at the Proposed Site <br /> <br />Constructing a significantly smaller dam at the same site as <br />that of the proposed dam would eliminate many of the benefits and <br />beneficiaries of the Taylor Draw Reservoir but would not eliminate <br />many adverse impacts. The following points are made in regard to <br />a smaller dam: <br /> <br />VI II-2 <br />