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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8141
Description
Fryingpan-Arkansas Project
State
CO
Basin
Arkansas
Water Division
5
Date
3/7/1960
Author
Acting Sec of Interi
Title
A Report and Findings on Ruedi Dam and Reservoir Colo Pursuant to Federal Reclamation Laws
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />395:; <br /> <br />PROPOSED REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER <br />OF RECLAMATION <br /> <br />U.S. DEP.\RT~IF,NT OF THE INTF.RIOH. <br />llUHEAU OF HEGL.UL\TION. <br />Wa-,hi-ngtu", D.C., October ~S, 1.%9. <br /> <br />The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. <br />SIR: This is my proposed report on Ruedi Dam and Reservoir, <br />which is a potential feature of the proposed Fryingpan-Arkansas <br />project, Colorado. This report is presented as" supplement. to the re- <br />port on t.he Fryinllpan-ArkansRs project, "hich was printed ~s House <br />Document No. 181, 83d Congre!3s. It descrIbes an I1ltel'llatl\'e pltUl <br />for replacement storage on the Fryingpan Ri\"er in lieu of t.he Aspen <br />Dmn and Reservoir originally proposed Oil the Roaring Fork River. <br />Seleet.ion of the Huedi site for l'epbcement storage for the Frying- <br />pn.n-Arknns~s project and for other purposes is the result of extensive <br />studies of the potential nltcJ'nati\'e sites ,llld conferences among all <br />interests in t.he State of Colorado und the concerned Federal aaellcie~. <br />The pla.n is to build Rueth Danl of sufficient height to set'n~, I{lultiple <br />purposes in the Color.ldo Ri\'er Basin as well as to serve its replace- <br />ment function for the Fryingptln-Al'k:lllSil8 project. In order to <br />implement. this plan, a liP-\\' set. of opel'llting" print:iples flS fluoted in the <br />Hegional Dil'ect()r~s repol't has heen agree(I upon by the sever:lllol'lll <br />entit.ies imohed and officially executed by the Go\'el'llor of Colorado <br />as chairman of the Colorauo "Tater Conservation Board. <br />The H.uedi Dam and Resen'oir site is located on the Fryingpan <br />River, a tributary of the Roaring Fork amI the Colorado Ri\;er, near <br />the town of Basalt, Colo. l'h~ dam would be an earthfill st1'Uctur~ <br />rising 270 feet above the streambed. It would create a reservoir of <br />about 100,000-acre-foot. eapaeity, covering ml arca of 1,000 acres. The <br />preliminary cost estimnte~ based upon .Jannary 19G!) priees, is <br />$12,831,000. <br />The cost of the originally proposed ~8,OOO-acre-foot. Aspen Dam anJ <br />Re~el'Yoir was estimated fit $7,UOO,OOO. The. Fl'.\'ingpan-Arkansas <br />project. was :lnalyzed and just.ified on the hasis of this cost for replace- <br />ment. storage. Since t.he Ruedi Dam and R.eservoil' will perform the <br />same funct.ion, so far as t.he Fryingpan..Al'kansas projeet is concerned, <br />thtlt amount is assiglled as tl Fryingpilll-Arknmms project cost. leav- <br />ing $5,231,000 of t.he coet of Ruedi to be allocated among Inultiple- <br />purpose use::.:. 011 the western slope. The Regional Director"s report <br /> <br />lO <br />
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