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<br />McPhee Dam <br /> <br />P.I1.8TMDoIo...!I"'r.nu,"d"1,Allqu.I2'3,1~ <br />~ <br /> <br />Dolores Project <br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Afte1' passing throogh McPhee Reservoir, the <br />Dolores River downstream will not be too cold for the <br />fish, thanks to a selective level outlet works. The <br />tower will allow water to be taken from the warmer <br />upper levels of the reservoir, so the temperature of <br />released water can be controlled. <br />As the Dolores Project evolved, costs rose steadily, <br />in part because of inflation, and in part because of <br />re-designs after the failurf' of the Teton Dam. In <br />1977. the estimated cost for the total project was <br />5186 million; in 1980 it was 5252 million; in 1982, <br />5388 million, and now projected to October of 1984, it <br />stands at J402 million. <br />The Bureau of Reclamation estimates that 85 <br />percent of the costs of the Dolores Project will be <br />repaid through agricultural purchase of irrigation <br />water, municipal use of water and power plants. The <br />remaining 1S percent cost not repaid are allocated for <br />wildlife and recreation uses. <br /> <br />,::'" <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />a'._ <br />The oeleo;the It-<doullet worb ~ ~'"Il''''''' fromdltferelllmlo IOkCO'p ll>c ..... <br />the rtlllltclllpen~forl\oh. <br /> <br />:;.- <br />.... -~---~ <br />....., ,:.,<.'.......~ <br />-:..~:/.),,!--........-:.- <br />~~ -.._--~ <br /> <br />The _011. oIthen!ley were __pC'd dowa 10 the n:d befor.e the dun""";4 be built bad: "II' <br />Althe~oItbepict>l~\othed<>wullrOlJ1IpanaloItheOlllletlllllDd. <br /> <br />AtlOIIIkIW'Ort.....baUtfOltheDolornkiveTIOOXIdllUel")aa....,.dc>w-u...,..,., <br />