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<br />;. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Animas-La Plata Project <br />Feature Fact Sheet <br /> <br />Phase I, Stage B <br /> <br />Reservoirs and Dams <br /> <br />Ridges Basin Dam & Reservoir -- Constructed in Phase I, Slage A <br />Southern Ute Diversion Dam <br />Type Concrete overflow spillway flanked by two compacted earth dikes <br />Length (feet) 100 <br /> <br />Pumping Plants <br /> <br />Durango Pumping Plant' <br />Ridges Basin Pumping Plant' <br />Red Mesa Pumping Plant <br /> <br />Pipelines, Canals, and Laterals <br /> <br />Ridges Basin Inlet Conduit <br />Durango M&I Pipeline <br />Shenandoah M&I Pipeline <br />La Plala Rural M&I Pipeline <br />Dry Side Canal (majority earth-lined, 0.9 mile <br />concrete-lined section) <br />Long Hollow Tunnel (I0.5-ft.-diam., concrete-lined) <br />Southern Ute Inlet Canal (concrete-lined) <br />Southern Ute Interim Irrigation Canal (earth-lined) <br />Laterals <br /> <br />Recreation Facilities <br /> <br />Maximum Capacity <br />lift (feet) ...Ms} <br />525 480 <br />900' 606 <br />214 77 <br />Length Capacity <br />(miles) ....(ill} <br /> <br />Constructed in Phase I, Slage A <br />Constructed in Phase I, Slage A <br />Constructed in Phase I, Slage A <br />Would not be constructed <br />25.6 700 to 370 <br /> <br />3.2 <br />2.6 <br />2.7 <br />109.6 <br /> <br />700 <br />375 <br />100 <br />Various <br /> <br />Ridges Basin Recreation Area - Would be constructed in Phase I, Slage A <br /> <br />, Additional pumps would be installed in Durango Pumping Plant during Phase I, Slage B. <br />3 The full size Ridges Basin Pumping Plant would be constructed during Phase I, Slage B. Pumps would <br />be installed to provide a Phase I, Slage B capacity of 606 cfs (600 cfs delivered to Dry Side Canal, 6 cfs <br />delivered to Shenandoah M&I Pipeline). <br />· Maximum lift to Dry Side Canal would be 330 feet; maximum lift to Shenandoah M&I Pipeline would be <br />930 feel By comparison, the Dolores Project lifts water 426 feet to irrigate lands along the South Canal. <br />The Central Arizona Project raises up to 3,000 cfs (6-500 cfs pumps) 800 feet. The pumps on the Southern <br />Nevada Water Project raise water up to 455 feet. <br />