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.::l') c.o N CJ :--) CHAPTER II UNIT SETTING I~~. powerplant is operated and the electricity marketed by Public Service Company of Colorado. Redlands Water and Power Company Water used by the Redlands Water and Power Company lS diverted into , the Redlands Power Canal from the Gunnison River about 2 miles above that stream's confluence with the Colorado River. This water is conveyed northwestward for about 2.5 miles to a small power and pumping plant. Between the diversion point and the plant, water is delivered directly to about 400 acres of land. At the powerplant, electricity is generated, primarily to pump water to canals and laterals serving lands south of the Colorado River west of Grand Junction. Electricity generated in excess of pumping needs is sold to Public Service Company of Colorado. The power canal, the power and pumping plant, and the irrigation service canals are owned and operated by the Redlands Water and Power Company. The laterals are independently owned and operated. Essentially the entire system is concrete lined. An additional 500 acres are served by private diversions directly from the Colorado River and these systems are privately owned and main- tained, also. Federal system The Grand Valley Project works include a diversion dam and a canal and lateral system. Water is diverted from the Colorado River into the Government Highline Canal at the Grand Valley Diversion Dam, about 8 miles upstream from the community of Palisade. The canal extends west- ward, on the north side of the Colorado River, for about 54 miles. About 16