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I.. . . 10 .. be provided to thl La Plata Water Conservancy District in Colorado; the La Plata Conservancy District am thl cities of Aztec, Bloanfield, am Farmington in.New Mexico; thl Ute M::luntain ute Inlian Tribe; the Southern Ute Indian Tribe; and the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority. primaty storage would be provided at the offstream Ridges Basin Reservoir ~ch would receive water pwp:ld fran the Animas River. Secondary storage would be provided at the. offstream Southern Ute Reservoir, ~ch would receive water diverted fran the La Plata River. Irrigatial. water would be pmvided for full am supplemental irrigation in O:>lorado am New Mexico. water for lam in o:>lorado would be pmiped fran Ridges Basin leservoir ~ the Ridges Basin PImping Plant am conveyed through the Dry Side canal. water for laOO in New Mexico would be stored in Southern Ute Reservoir am re1"","""'" to thl New Mexico Irrigation canal. Eleven buried pipe lateral systans would distr:ib1te the water to fanns in both states. Pullping plants to provide pressure for five of the lateral systans would be provided along the Dry Side, Southern Ute Inlet, ,am New Mexico Irrigation Canals. In O:>lorado, lI1lIIicipal am industrial water for Durango would either be diverted fran the Ridges Basin Inlet Corrluit or released fran Ridges Basin Reservoir to a treatment plant to be CXlIlStructed near the reservoir by the water users. The treated water would then be conveyed to the city's distribution systan. Supplies for rural cx:nmmi.ties in the La Plata River drainage and for the Ute M:>untain Ute Inlian Tribe would be made available fran the Dry Side Canal, and supplies for the Southern Ute Inlian Tribe would be made available at Southern Ute Reservoir. In New Mexico, lI1lIIicipal am industrial water would be diverted directly fran the Animas River except that water \'oO.Ild be released iran Ridges Basin Reservoir into