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<br />SUMMARY SHEETS <br /> <br />Grand Mesa project <br /> <br />LOCATION: Near the town of Cedaredge in the Gunnison River Basin, <br />Delta and Gunnison Counties in west-central Colorado. <br /> <br />PLAN <br /> <br />Through storage regulation of water tributary to the Gunnison River <br />and its North Fork, and water exchanges, the project would proVide <br />for the irrigation of 31,700 acres of land, including 14,540 acres <br />not presently irrigated, and 17,160 acres in need of supplemental <br />water. Project effects in fields other than irrigation have not <br />been evaluated. The principal storage would be provided at the <br />Electric Mountain Reservoir on Muddy Creek with a capacity of <br />25,500 acre-feet. Beservoir feeder canals would be constructed <br />from Cow, Hubbard, and Willow Creeks. Water released from the <br />reservoir plus usable natural flows, including some inflows along <br />the canal route, would be conveyed by the 56-mile long Grand Mesa <br />Canal to the project land area. There part of the water would be <br />used directly for irrigation and part would be delivered to the <br />Gorsuch Reservoir of 22,500 acre-feet capacity to be constructed <br />on Currant Creek. Gorsuch Reservoir would also receive water from <br />tributaries of Tongue Creek, delivered through the Gorsuch Feeder <br />Canal. Water released from the Gorsuch Reservoir would be distri- <br />buted for irrigation by the potential Gorsuch Canal and by the <br />. existing Durkee Ditch. Some water now used on lands below the <br />canal and ditch would be transferred to higher lands and replaced <br />by water from Gorsuch Reservoir. In order to conserve early-season <br />flows for late-season project use the irrigators would divert only <br />enough irrigation water to satisfy ideal irrigation demands. <br />