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Towns, industry will benefit Montrose Daily Press-Tbursday, May 11. 1975-11 Be-ndits for the use of 211,- 100 acre-feet of water for municipal and induSlrialpuf^ poses afe estimated at $1,- 963,000 annually. by Bureau Q( RedamaUon emnomists using 1976 price levels. Most of the municipal and industrial water is planned for use in Montrose, OIathe. Delta and surrounding rural areas under the recently con" structed piped system of the Tri-County Water Conser- vancy District. The remaining supply would be available for use anywhere in the Tri-County District, the only restriction being that not more than 5,100 acre-feet of the supply could be diverted above the Mon- trose <Ind Delta Canal in order that adequate fishery flows woo\d be available in the river between the reser- voir and the cana\. Because of the questionable quality of Un- compahgre River water for municipal use, agreements have been signed between Tri-County and the Uncom- pahgre Valley Water Users Assn. to permit the use of Gunnison Riverwater forthis ""'. Under terms of these agreements. water released to the river from Ridgway Reservoir in the amount - needed for downstream municipal use, will be diverted lor irrigation use by the association, In exchange for tbis water, the municipal water users will obtain at least part of their supplies from South Canal, below the outlet of Gunnison Tunnel. Regardless of the source of supply, the conservancy dis- trict and ,mu.nicjp8~ .and in- dustrial users win be respon- 8lble for the treatment and distrib~,:!~ of the wa~~____. ALMADEN 'filMS $299 ~Bal. Hwouloillsobel'espunsible for any purnping l'e<]uired to serve areas above South Canal if lhe water were ob- tained from that source The annl.\a\ bene(\ts \)1 $\,- 968,000 formunicip:J1 and in. dustrial water were measured by the equivalent cost 01 obtaining water from the most likely single- purpose alternative means of development. This alternative would be the purchase of 30,900 acre- feet of water from Blue Mesa Reservoir on the Gun- nison River with an allowance of 10' percent for carriage system loSSes and reservoir evaporation, to satisfy the project need of28,- 100 acre-feet. This water would be delivered to \he Uncom- pahgre River Basin through the existing Gunnison Tunnel and the South Canal of the Un- compahgre Valley Water Users Association, Diversions would be made through the tunnel in April and October when the full tunnel capacity was not re- quired by the association for irrigation supplies. The water would be regulated in a 25,OOOacre.foot tenninal storage reservoir that would be constrUcted on Dry Cedar Creek below the South Canal. A pipeline would be coo.. structed to convey releases [rom the reservoir to the Un. cmnpahgre River for dis- tribution. Construction cos'ts 01 tbe alternative development were based on January, 1976, prices. These costs, along with interest o\<er a five-year CODStruCtiOO' per:ktd, were amortiU'd on the basis of private financing QVer a 25- year period using an lnterest- .- rate 0[7 percent In addition toconstru('tion costs, annual costs would be incurred for purchase o[ water from the United Statrs, [I>r carriage of waler through existing facilities of the Un. compahgre Valley Water Users' Association, and for operation, maintenance, and replacement of the newly constructed Dry Cedar Reservoiran~__Pipe1Jne. -~. , The purchase costs were estimated at $10 an acre-foot and the carriage charges at $2.50 an acre-foot. Annual operatioo, maintenance, and ~~\ffiW>>.t ~';\.f.tf, 'il~re M.'i'r ed on prices prevailing dur- ing the 1973-75 period, The derivation of the municipal and industrial benefits of the project is shown as follows: (Item, estimated cost): Construction cost: Dry Cedar Reservoir, $13, 700,lMMl; Dry Cedar Pipeline, $1,700,- 000; Permanent operating facilities, $50,000; total, $15,- 450,000, Interest dUring construc- tion (5 years at 7 percent): $2,700,000; total investment, $18,150,_~.:.._ Annual costs: Amortized value 01 investment (25years at 1 percent), $1,558,IlOO; Blue Mesa waterpurchl:lse ($10an acre-loot), $309,000; carriage charge, ($2.50 an acre-loot), $77,000; operation, mabttenance, and replace- ment costs, $24,000; total an. nual costs (benefits), $1,968,- 000. SENDING A MESSAGE to President Jimmy Carter during the Department of Interior bearings on the Dallas Creek Project, beld April 1, 1977, in Montrose, are, from left, Colorado Gov. Ricbard LamIll, and U.S. Rep. Frank Evans. About 3,000 SlJ\a1l bottles, tagged "If You Won't Let Us Store Our Own Water, Tben Would You P\easeSeJld Us Some! WE NEEDWATE1\1N COLORADO! ! " were prepared by local proponents of tbe pro- ject and were available for persons to sign and mail. (Bureau of Reclamation pl1oto by Vern Jetley) f ~ JIM BERM KAMCHATKA VODKA '9" '699 '999, I~ ~. ~ lo!lIl .'-"'- , ,_... 1.751~er i -;;B~~ I'~.- --, ,:;e~ :. CARLO ROSSllS BLUE NUN, '344 ~ '219 BEER ANCIENT. AGE ,"". $1" $115 $115 $229' ,... $6" $6" '6" '7'" m~m =:'OLY Red & White MILLER & LITE table wine MICHELOII ~ '9'9 "