WSP05223

• File Number: 8220.100.40
• Description: CRSP
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 6/30/1979
• Author: USDOI
• Title: 23rd Annual Report on the Statuts of the Colorado River Storage Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

23rd Annual Report

Colorado River Storage Project
and Participating Projects in
Fiscal Year 1979

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Flaming Gorge Power Intake Modifications

The Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP)
is a basinwide program of development
and use of water resources of the Upper
Colorado River, and is one of the most
complex and extensive river resources
developments in the world.

It takes In the drainage area of the Upper
Colorado River Basin, encompassing parts
of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and
New Mexico-about one. twelfth of the
continental area of the United States.
CRSP storage units (Glen Canyon Dam,
Flaming Gorge Dam, Navajo Dam, and the
Curecanti Unit dams) equalize the erratic
flows of the Colorado River and its main
tributaries so that water delivery commit-
ments to the Lower Basin States-Califor-
nia, Arizona, and Nevada-can be met
even in years of low flow.

The remaining water in the Upper Basin
can then serve the needs of farmers,
municipalities, and industries. Delivery of
this water to consumers is accomplished
through the participating projects.

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Aerial view of Navajo Dam

Contents

FY 79 in Review
Highlights .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Construction Activities. . . . . . . . . . .
Environmental Activities. . . .
Salinity Control Activities. . . . . . . . . . .
Operations ....
Power Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Irrigation Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Youth Programs. . . . . . . . . .
Recreation .........
Social and Cuiturai Resources. . . . .
Fish and Wildlife

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Financial Condition
Comparative Balance Sheet. . . . . . .
Income and Expense Summary
Cash Receipts and Disposition. .

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Allocation and Repayment
Allocation of Federal Investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Estimated Project Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . 26
Estimated Project Costs by Purposes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 27
Estimated Repayment on Federal Investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Progress on Repayment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . 29
Rate of Repayment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Power Repayment Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . 32

Map

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Exhibit - Historical and Projected Repayment of
Authorized Reimbursable Investment