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The plan provides for maintaining, by year-round :pumping, ground-water levels at least 8 fee'\; b..1ow the ground surface over selected areas totaling aboUt 108,600 acres, with resul'ta.nt water salvagel"of abou't 86, 500 acre-feet annually. An average 15,200 acre- feet also would be salvaged annually by providing outlets for surface waters. The hydrologic analyses indicate that, under the plan and. on the basis of records to date, delivery of salvaged. water to the Compact station at Lobatos over a 35-year :period would permit Colorado to achieve a debit-free Compact status; but no firm forecast of the period which would be required can be made. The studies :f'urther indicate that, at the end. of that period, unless Colorado's ability to deliver Rio Grande flowa has improved, an average of 59,200 acre-feet annually of the salvaged water would be required 'to maintain Colorado in debit-free status. The locations of the adopted water salvage areas, the proposed. Mishak !akes and Ala.mosa National Wildlife Refuges and 'the primary features of the water salvage plan, are indicated on the :perspective Drawing 253- 504-1829. The water salvage plan would. include the following features: 1. About 129 deep wells and pumping plants located throughout the water salvage areas, each having continuous water yields averaging from 0.5 c.f.s. to 3.5 c.f.s. '.l'rAn"11Ji.ssion lines, substations, and cr\;her facilities required for operation of 'the :pumping plants and control of 'the pumping operations. About 110 miles of transmission lines would be required. 2. A Main Conveyance ChaImel about 44 miles long, beginning at the east boundary of the proposed. M1shak !akes National Wildlife Refuge and running southeaster~ to the west side of San Luis Lake and then south to the Rio Grande. The Main Conveyance Channel would have a design capacity of 34 c.f.s. at the upper end, increase in size to 158 c.f.s. near San Luis !ake, have that capacity 'to the junction with the East Side Conveyance ChaImel near U. S. Highway 160, and have a capacity of 210 c.f.s. from the junction to its outlet into the Rio Grande. 3. A channel about one-half mile long to COImect the Main Conveyance Channel with San Luis Lake to :permit maintenance of the lake at essentially a cons'ta.nt level for fish and. wildlife and recrea'tion purposes and for temporary storage of salvaged waters in the lake when circums'ta.nces make such action desirable. The connecting channel would have a capacity of 158 c.f.s. 4. An East Side Conveyance Channel, about 11 miles long, would collect the salvaged water from the salvage area J.y1rig on the east side of the Main Conveyance ChaImel and. south of San Luis Lake and deliver it to the Main Conveyance Channel near U. S. Highway 160. The capacity of the channel would increase downstream from 10 c.f.s to 52 c.f.s. 3 to., '-.- <../... ...... . I: :) ...J~