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<br />Appendix I <br />Background on and OveMliew of the <br />Aulmas.La Plota Project <br /> <br />:'; <br /> <br />Figure 1.1: Area of the Animas-la Plata ProJect <br /> <br /> <br />-. <br />,". <br /> <br />1J: <br />~';~~ <br />..;: <br /> <br />'~,. <br /> <br />Source: GAD's presentation of information from the Bureau. <br /> <br /> <br />A water project seIVing southwestern Colorado and northwestern New <br />Mexico-an area with low precipitation and abundant sunshine-has been <br />contemplated since the early 1900s. The Animas River originates in the <br />snowy San Juan Mountains in Colorado; its annual stream flows are about <br />13 times larger than the annual flows of the La Plata River lying to the <br />west. Because most of the area's irrigable acreage lies near the less <br />abundant La Plata River, area fanners and municipalities have long <br />searched for ways to divert water from the Animas River. <br /> <br />Page 9 <br /> <br />GAOIRCED-96-1 Aulmas-Le Plota Project <br />