WSP03854

• File Number: 8180.800
• Description: Purgatoire River Project
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 1/1/1951
• Title: Trinidad Reservoir Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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1'iINH'J.lJ RESImVOIR PROJECT

The review report of the Carps of Enqineers on the
Purgatoire River, ColQrado reoommends a dam And reservoir
four mil.. above TrinldaQ. with 4 ~ot41 capacity of 140,700
.ere -feet, inclu4in; consGTYation capacity of 55,000 acre
feet., at an eStimated. cost of $17,000.000. The reservoir
would provide flood conbol for Trini~ and vicinity. in
lieu of the pre_nUy 4utMrized floodvay throuqh the oUy.

Recommended opera.tion of the aonservation pool would
tRyol? only the starege of winter flove and of flood flows
whioh would otherwise 8p111 frOlll John .MarUn Reservoir, a.nd
storaqe under an existing vater r:1qht, the tranafer of whioh
to the Trinidad Hsaerroir aite 18 contemplated. Btudlu of
the l3ure4u of Reclamation 1Ildi~te tlult irrigation .hortaqes
would be ClOl\a1derl\ldy reduced aa a reault of the projeot,
thus improving the efCOJ'lcay of an area in which the d.eCllirua
in coal mhinq has had extremaly detriment41 effects.

It is not o0J'\81dered that the inolusion of power prodl.lc:t:ion
in the projeot would be fea.aible at this Use. The mAtters of
pz1nc:1pal conOUJl with respect to State approval of. the
project 41rel ' .

(1) .

'l'ho efflJOt of the project on thG
watel' supply of John Mart ift .
Reservoir.

(2)

The effect of the projact wi tl\
reg1lrd to coal deposi h in the
vioinity of the reservoir Bite.