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.'~ UC-700 2/28/73 Preliminary Summary Sheets Grand Mesa Project, Oolorado Location West-central Colora.do near the town of' Cedaredge in the G=ison River BaSin, a part of the Upper Colora.do River Basin. Present Status Named by the 00lorado River Storage Project Act (P.L. 485) April ll, 1956, as a potential participating p:roject,~ feasibility investigations were in- itiated in FY 1963. The Proposed Reg~onal Director's Feasibility Report has been completed and distributed rOT review by local, State, and Federal interests. The Proposed Draft of Project's Environmental 'Statement has also been completed and distributed vith the report. Total investigation costs to June 30~ 1972, including appraisal (recon- naissance) and feasibility, amount ~$772,129. During the course of the Grand Mesa ~nvestigations the State of Colorado and local interests contributed a ~siderable amount of funds to expedite the studies. These costs are included in the investigation costs previ- ously referred to. Revisions to the report and related ~rk items will be accomplished in FY 1974 under the program item "Minor Work in Connection with Completed P . tIt' t. n rOJec nves ~ga lons. Plan of Development The Grand Mesa Project would develop ~ter of streams tributary to the Gunnison River and its North'Fork for irrigation, municipal and domestic use, recreational development, and r~sh and wildlife enhancement. Also it would aid area redevelopment by :pift'oviding job opportunities. Project storage would be provided a~ElectricMountain Reservoir on West Muddy Creek and the offstream Cact~ Park Reservoir. Both reservoirs would receive water by feeder canals Trom near~ streams. Cactus Park Reservoir also would receive relea~esfrom Electric MOuntain Reservoir conveyed between the two reservoirs ~y the Grand Mesa Canal. The Grand Mesa Canal would intercept flows or ~~reams along its course and would provide water to some adjacent lands,. Irrigation water would be distribute~ from Cactus Park Reservoir by the Cedaredge Canal, the Lower Redlands -Lateral, and existing laterals that would be enlarged or rehabilitated ~s necessary by the water Users. ~fu- nicipa1 and domestic water would be, 'lawailable from Cactus Park Reservoir in the Cedaredge Canal or, to the e~~ent water is available, it could be obtained from the reservoir feedeJr oeanal or from direct streamflows in exchange for reservoir releases prov~ded to downstream users.