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<br /> <br />1']:85S <br /> <br />projects associated with these decrees generally overlap each other <br />in location, as shown in figure 3-6a, only one, or possible two, of <br />the projects could conceivably be contructed. <br /> <br />I <br />I: <br />, <br /> <br />Colorado-Ute. Colorado-Ute has a conditional decree for a <br />reservoir with a capacity of 72,650 acre-feet (90 million m3) located <br />on the Gunnison River below the confluence with the North Fork. <br />Their Tri-County project would back water to the vicinity of the <br />Smith Fork and inundate about 1 mile (1.6 km) of the eligible river <br />in the lower study corridor. Water from the proposed reservoir <br />would be used for steam electric and power generation. Initially, <br />this project would have a generating capacity of 250 to 500 MW, <br />with a larger ultimate potential as high as 1,400 to 2,000. MW. <br />According to Colorado-Ute, the cost of storage water would be <br />about $13.00 per acre-foot ($13/1,222 m3) initially, then decreasing <br />to no net cost during the sixth year due to increased power and <br />energy revenues. Total cost of such a facility would be <br />approximately $32.5 million. <br /> <br />,i <br /> <br />Pittsburg and Midway. One of the Pittsburg and Midway Coal <br />Mining Company's five conditional decrees for the development of <br />Gunnison River main stem water is for a dam and large reservoir of <br />162,700 acre-feet (200 million m3), although revised projections call <br />for a 193,300-acre-foot (237 million m3) reservoir. Known as the <br />Cedar Flats project, it would be located approximately halfway <br />between the Smith' Fork and North Fork, backing water up to a <br />point just downstream from the monument's northern boundary. <br />Cedar Flats is one feature of Pittsburg and Midway's comprehensive <br />Gunnison Main Project. 1 (Several smaller impoundments, canals, <br /> <br />1. Master Plan for the Gunnison ~ Project. <br />Kalmbach, InC:-;-Denver ;Colorado. May 1976. <br /> <br />Tipton and <br /> <br />92 <br /> <br />