<br />buyer/seller basis. The water acquisition fund was developed to acquire 13,000 af'y of depletion in
<br />addition to the depletions shown in Table ES-I, or for other uses that they may choose.
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<br /> Table ES-l
<br /> Proposed Water Depletions and Allocations for the ALP Project
<br /> Water Recipient Depletion from the San Juan River Basin (afy)
<br />Southern Ute Indian Tribe 19,980
<br />Ute Mountain Ute Tnbe 19,980
<br />Navajo Nation 2,340
<br />Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District 2,600
<br />San Juan Water Commission 10,400
<br />Subtotal 55,300
<br />Allowance for Reservoir Evaporation 1,800
<br />Total Depletion 57,100
<br />
<br />The Navajo Nation, ALPWCD, and SJWC would annually receive a combined total of 30,680 acre-feet
<br />(af) (representing 15,340 af'y of depletion) of water from the ALP Project. With a small amount
<br />accounted for by system operational losses, annual water allocations for the Colorado Ute Tribes, Navajo
<br />Nation, ALPWCD, and the SJWC would total 111,965 af(57,100 af'y depletion).
<br />
<br />The Navajo Nation would receive 4,680 af'y (2,340 af'y depletion) and would use it to serve a portion of
<br />the M&I requirements of the Shiprock, Cudei, Hogback, Nenahnezad, Upper Fruitland, San Juan, and
<br />Beclaibito Chapters in the Shiprock, New Mexico area. A new water pipeline, the Navajo Nation
<br />Municipal Pipeline (NNMP), is proposed for construction to deliver this water to these seven Navajo
<br />Nation Chapters, replacing the existing pipeline between Farmington and Shiprock. The 4,680 af'y
<br />represents about one-half of the future projected M&I requirements of these chapters, based on a 40-year
<br />projection.
<br />
<br />The ALPWCD projects growth ofM&I water needs in the Durango, Colorado area (Gronning 1994),
<br />based on the continued increase in population of about 2 percent annually during the 1990s in its service
<br />area, as well as residential, commercial, and industrial growth in outlying areas near Durango. Water
<br />allocations of 5,200 af'y (2,600 af'y depletions) from the ALP Project would supplement existing water
<br />supplies and would serve this growth. Future development of facilities to serve the City of Durango and
<br />other ALPWCD water users would potentially be the subject of future NEPA compliance.
<br />
<br />The SJWC has identified water use needs and projected M&I growth in its service area, including the
<br />Cities of Aztec, Bloomfield, and Farmington, New Mexico (Cielo 1995). Under the ALP Project
<br />allocations, the SJWC would receive 20,800 af'y (10,900 af'y depletion), which would meet a portion of
<br />its projected water needs. Future development of facilities to serve the Cities of Aztec, Bloomfield, and
<br />Farmington and other SJWC water users would potentially be the subject of future NEP A compliance.
<br />
<br />Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
<br />
<br />On January 4, 1999, Reclamation announced its intent in the Federal Register (Volume 64, No.1) to
<br />prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to the 1996 Final Supplement to the
<br />Final Environmental Statement (I 996 FSFES) for the ALP Project. The new SEIS is intended to
<br />supplement the 1996 FSFES and the 1980 Final Environmental Statement (1980 FES) with the objective
<br />of providing an environmental evaluation to assist Interior and other involved parties in reaching a final
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<br />ES-5
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