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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />00 <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />CWCB Staff Review: Animas-La Plata Project <br /> <br />December 31, 1981 <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The Animas-La Plata Project is located in southwestern <br /> <br />Colorado and northwestern New Mexico in the San Juan River Basin. <br /> <br />The project was authorized by the Colorado River Basin Act of <br /> <br />September 30, 1968 (Public Law 90-537), as a participating <br /> <br />project of the Colorado River Storage Project. <br /> <br />Project Studies <br /> <br />The engineering, economic, and regulatory feasibility of the <br /> <br />Animas-La Plata project have been analyzed in the following <br /> <br />project documents: <br /> <br />1. Feasibility Report, House Doc. 436, 89th Congress, 2n~ <br />Session, May, 1966. <br /> <br />2. Definite Plan Report, Animas-La Plata Project, Auqust, <br />1980. <br /> <br />3. Final Environmental Statement, Animas-La Plata Project, <br />July, 1980. <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />The ~nimas-La Plata Project will develop flows of the Animas <br /> <br />and La Plata Rivers for irrigation and municipal and industrial <br />