WSP05696 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

e PROJECT PLAN The Transmission division includes the high-voltage lines from stor- age unit s1dtchyards to substations at major load centers and points of interconnection and the substations at those points. Facilities of tl~ Transmission division will be extended as necessary to provide intercon- nections with future units of the storage project and v11 th other Federal plants and to provide for interconnection of future participating project transmission lines with the high-voltage grid. The extent and location of the high-voltage transmission arid will depend on the marltet area require- ments for project power, the desires of power users to purchase project power, points of interconnection uith other systems, and the final allot- ments of power to various users. e Participating Projects Participating projects are those which will consume water of the upper Colorado River system for irrigation and other purposes and which will require assist~nce from power revenues of the storage project in the repay- ment of irrigation costs. An initial group of 11 participating projects was authorized by the act of April 11, 1956. These include the Paonia, Smith Fork, Florida, and Silt projects in ColoL"ado; th~ Pine River exten- sion in Colorado and New Mexico; the HarJIllond project in New' r1exico; the Central Utah project (initial phase) and Emery CO'Imty project in Utah; and the Seedskadee,;.J3, 'Barge, and Lyman projects in Wyoming. The projects com- bined will provide water for a total of about 365,100 acres, including about 132,800 acres of full service land and about 232,300 acres of supple- mental service land. Brief descriptions of the 11 initial participating projects appear below. Data on irrigable area, reservoir storage capacity, and lTater supply are sunnnarized in the table on page 11. Paonia project The Paonia proj ect on the North Fork of th~ Gunnison River in west- central Colorado was partially constructed under the authorizing act of June 25, 1947. It was reauthorized by the act of April 11, 1956, and the entire development was linked with the basin fund as a participating proj- ect. The project uill provide water to 2,200 acres of full service land and 13,100 acres of supplemental service land. It 1'1ill provide incidental benefits to fish and wildlife, recreation, and flood control. The Fire Mountain Canal 1{aS enlarged and partially extended under the initial authorization. Work yet to be accomplished under the 1956 reauthorization includes construction of the Paonia Reservoir on Muddy Creek to a capacity of 21,000 acre-feet, further extension of the Fire Mountain Canal, and rehabilitation of critical sections of the previously e enlarged canal. 7