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<br />the essential difference between this plan and the previous one <br />would hove bcen the elimination of the industrial supply fOl" energy <br />production and the addition of 10,300 acre-feet of water for relieving <br />water shortages in the Uncompahgre Project Area. <br /> <br />In this plan the !laUas Divide Reservoir, Dallas Feeder Canal, and <br />Log lIill Mesa Conduit would have been 'constructed much as in the energy <br />plan, as would the irrigation and municipal water service. Ridgway <br />Reservoir, would have been' constructed to the same capacity. Fish and <br />wildlife plans remained essentially as in the energy plan. The dead and <br />inactive pool in Ridgway Reservoir would have been increased to 25,000 <br />acre-feet speCifically for recreation. <br /> <br />Current Plan <br /> <br />Subsequent to the distribution of the Draft Environmental Statement <br />concern was raised over the environmental effects of diverting water from <br />East and West Forks of Dallas Creek, irrigation of new land on Log Hill <br />~[esa, and supplying municipal water to Loghill Village. Opposition was <br />also expressed to the removal of 6,000 acres of land from county tax <br />rolls for wildlife mitigation. Also, the developers of Loghill Village <br />reduced their request for municipal water, adversely affecting the economic <br />justification of the Dallas Divide-Log Hill Mesa segment 0; the ~lan. As <br />a result of these factors all project service to Log Hill ~[esa was deleted <br />from the project plan, along with Dallas Divide Reservoir, Dallas Feeder <br />Canal, Log Hill Hesa Conduit, Ridgway Pumping System and related features: <br />These deletions made possible the reduction of Ridgway Reservoir to 80,000 <br />acre-feC'twith the retention of the dead and inactive pool of 25,000 acre- <br />feet. The Cow Creek Feeder Canal was also eliminated. <br /> <br />This plan provides for a project water supply of 39,400 acre-feet, <br />including 11,200 acre-feet for irrigation, 22,600 acre-feet for municipal <br />use, 5,500 acre-feet for light industrial use, and 100 acre-feet for use <br />in the recreation areas at Ridgway Reservoir. This plan is presented in <br />the Definite Plan Report of November 1976 and the Final Environmental <br />Statement of September 1976. <br /> <br />. <br />I' <br />,I <br />: <br />I <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />I <br />i <br /> <br />" <br />