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<br />conveyance facilities would include the South Canal, a branch of the <br /> <br />Dove CI'eek Csnai; the Dolores Tunnel, extending from McPhee Reservoir <br /> <br />to the existing system of the Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company; <br /> <br />and the Towaoc Canal extending through the Montezuma Valley to the <br /> <br />Towaoc area. All main canals would be open and earthlined. <br /> <br />Sprinkler irrigation systems are planned for all of the full service <br /> <br />lands. Lands in the established Montezuma Valley area would continue to <br /> <br />be served by existing gravity systems. The sprinkler system for the <br /> <br />Dove Creek area would include six pumping plants to provide pressure at ' <br /> <br />farm turnouts. In the Towaoc area, pressure would be developed in the <br /> <br />pipe lateral system from the ground slope. The lateral systems would be <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />asbestos cement and concrete pressure pipes and would be buried to aid <br /> <br />in pI'eseI'vation of the scenery. Project drainage will be pI'ovided for <br /> <br />the Dove CI'eek and Towaoc areas, <br /> <br />Irrigation scheduling would be implemented on all full service land to <br /> <br />assure the application of the proper amount of water for a given crop at <br /> <br />the proper time, The ideal quantities and timing of the irrigation <br /> <br />applications would be predicted from analyses of temperature, precipita- <br /> <br />tion, solar radiation, and local soil moisture and crop characteI'istics. <br /> <br />Municipal and industrial water would be made available from project <br /> <br />features to treatment facilities to be constructed by the water users. <br />The water users would provide facilities for distribution of the water. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />i' <br />, <br />