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<br />IJ':) <br />0:: <br />.-I <br /> <br />SAN MIGUEL PROJECT <br />September 1974 <br /> <br />.~QC}\}}.O~. <br /> <br />Southwestern Colorado in Upper Colorado River Basin in Montrose and <br />San Miguel Counties of Colorado. <br /> <br />AUTHORIZATION <br />~-~--..._--.-._-- <br /> <br />Construction, operation and maintenance of the San Miguel Project was <br />authorized by the Colorado River Basin Project Act of September 30, <br />1968 (Public Law 90-537). It is a participating project of the <br />Colorado River Storage Project enacted April 11, 1956 (Public Law <br />84-485). <br /> <br />~R..O.J.EC~.O_B}_E_C.TLV.E.S. <br /> <br />The San Miguel Project is a multiple-purpose water resource develop- <br />ment which would regulate flows of the San Miguel River for irri- <br />gation, municipal and industrial use, fish and wildlife conservation, <br />recreation and flood control. <br /> <br />STATUS OF PLANNING <br />~- - -.--. ~- . ---~- ~ ...-~-,- ~- <br /> <br />Planning studies are being conducted to meet the needs of the area and <br />to reduce the project's adverse impact on the salinity of the Colorado <br />River. Deletion of the potential Paradox and Dry Creek Basin irri- <br />gated areas from the feasibility plan and substitution of the poten- <br />tial West Lilylands area would dramatically reduce the project's <br />salinity impact. Studies are being made to determine if high ele- <br />vation runoff occurring south of the project area can be developed for <br />project use. In addition, sprinkler irrigation is being studied for <br />full service lands which would reduce irrigation diversion require- <br />ments and return flow. <br /> <br />1 <br />