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<br />c;r, <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />,PPf, I ,. vn~J Ii R!Y' <br />~l, I ~ ~, c~~, I.H,. <br />, L..., ~fi~J r1: June 1976 <br /> <br />I:; <br /> <br />SUMMARY SHEETS <br /> <br />Dominguez Reservoir Project <br /> <br />LOCATION <br /> <br />The Dominguez Reservoir Project would be located in west-central <br />Colorado in Delta and Mesa Counties. <br /> <br />PURPOSE <br /> <br />The project would be a multipurpose proj ect that could develop water <br />of the Gunnison River, a major tributary of the Colorado, for hydro- <br />electric power development, municipal, and industrial use, recreation, <br />fish and wildlife enhancement, and water quality control. <br /> <br />STATUS <br /> <br />Feasibility investigations were initiated in January 1975 with the <br />formulation of the multiobjective planning (MOP) team. The team is <br />currently forl.lulating and selecting the best possible alternatives. <br />The investigations are scheduled to continue into FY 1978, and will <br />culminate with publication of a feasibility report. <br /> <br />PLAN <br /> <br />Present investigations are centered around a proposed reservoir on the <br />Gunnison River, a short distance above its confluence with the Colorado <br />River and near the city of Grand Jmlction. The reservoir, as now en- <br />visioned, would be formed by a 177 foot high rolled-earth and rock <br />fill dam and would have a capacity of about 300,000 acre-feet. <br /> <br />A pump back, peak demand power plant could be constructed on the east <br />shore of the reservoir, upstream from the dam. A pump back storage <br />reservoir could be located in Rim Basin (Section 19 Township 3 South <br />Range 2 East~ The plant could have an installed capacity of up to 1,000 <br />MW depending upon the availability of off peak power for pumping and' in <br />economically serviceable markets for the generated peaking power. The <br />pumping-generating unit could be developed in stages to satisfy future <br />power requirements as they develop. <br /> <br />The construction of the project could provide many other benefits to <br />the area. The project could provide at least 20,000 acre-feet of <br />municipal and industrial water for population expansion in the Grand <br />Junction-Fruita area that might be the result of the oil shale industry <br />as well as natural growth. The mixing action of the reservoir would <br />improve the quality ?f the water downstream in the late summer, fall, <br />and winter months when the natural river flows are lowest and saline <br />