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<br />3987 <br /> <br />38 <br /> <br />RUEDI DAM AKD RESERVOIR, COLO. <br /> <br />All of the municipal amI inclusLriaI water for oil shale development <br />prior to 1DiO and "bout 80 percent of that subsequent to .H1iO \\"Quld <br />be for the area along the Colorado Rlyer and. Its t.l'lhlltUl'leS between <br />Rifle und De BC'lue. The remnining 20 }lereent of the water require- <br />ments a.fter 1970 would Le required for northeastern Utah and the <br />Piceance Creek area. <br />As t.Ile exact location of the potential industrial plants ancllllllllici- <br />palities cannot be fOl:ese~.1l a~ t.Ile present time, di\'ersioll poiuts :.lncl <br />lucatIons for water dlst.nbut,lon sy~t.ellls Clln olll} ue generally deter- <br />mined. It is likely that pumping. will ue required to pl'O\'ide \Yater <br />seI'\'ice to at least part of mUllicilxl1 anu iwlustrial areas. The i\mOl1nt <br />of water treutment required will "ary seasonally with the type of <br />W:Lter use and the point on the Colorado Rin~'.l" 01' its trilmtn.ries from <br />which the water is obtained. <br /> <br />Sources of 'lnuui.cipal and -i-nrlustrial,wrdel' <br /> <br />SOllI'CP-S of 1111111icipal and indust.rial water illrestigatecl for this <br />report inelude ollly those sourr'cs t.hat could be ut.ilized to supply <br />dt'lllands due to oil shale dereloplllellt in areas immediately ad.i:ltt'nt <br />to t.he Colorado Hi,'er. No eft"ort has been lIla<.le. to explore \,"Mer <br />SOl1rce~ for that. portion of the potential oil shale den:>.loplllent, located <br />in the Pke,lllee Creek area alld ill northeasteI'll Ut,uk <br />:MI1Ch of the time, recl'Iil'ements for munil'iIJ,d and industrial \\"ater <br />could he supplied from tlO\\"s of t.lle Colorildo Hi reI' t.hat. are surplus <br />toexistillg u~es ill the gellera.l arca. These sUI'plus flows o('.cur (luring <br />the llHljor snowmelt period, l'rilltipall,)' the 1l1lJllt,hs of ~fay and .Tune <br />ancI during the wiHter mont.hs \\"hen t.here is no demand for ilTiglltioll <br />wMeI'. Fur the late summer Hnd earlv fall months when t.he entire <br />flmy of the rin~'r is often rl'llllired for e'~ist.illg Ilses, it \\"ouldl,e neces. <br />sarv l.ither to tltfluire water !lOW lISerlllllcIer direct Mow \\"at.er l'i~llts <br />or i () I)htain wnfer from storage resel'\'oir~. ] t. is uelien'rl that "i'-ier- <br />voil'st.orage would he t.he 11lO:-:it, siLt.isfactol'v and lenst, costly WHY (d <br />pr0\"iding ~the municipal and indllst.l'ial wat'er during such ti~lll's. . To <br />l'etirp exist.ing wnteI' rights for t,his purpose would reduce a well <br />est,t1,lishetl farmiug industry which is already a sound cOlltrilJlltor <br />to t he area econOlnv. <br />In addition to t:lte Huedi Hesen"oil' site, there nre numerous other <br />locations at which reselToir~ cuuld Le dcycloped to assist in supply- <br />ing lllullicipal and inl1ustl'ial water. 1\bny of these alterllutin'. sites <br />dO' Hot ment. serious cOllsideration for dcn31opnlcnt, howe-ycr, be\~(luse <br />of ub\ ious pl1ysical HIllI el~Oll()lllie lilllitatjolls when l.:OIll p,ll'ed '\\"It 1\ the <br />more attl'acti\"e sites available. COIllpHl'ati\"c studies ,,"en' lllade hy <br />the State of ColOl'ado of tht~ sites tllat. Hppenrpd Illost. \\'mtIIY of (}('- <br />\'elopment. frolll ('.l1r50r,)' preliminary appraisals. The. studies ill- <br />c~lldetl l.:ost estimates a11(l water snpI;ly analyses. The alterl1:lti\'t'. <br />sites were e\":1luated solely 011 tile hasls of ~lipplyil1g 11111l1ieip.11 211111 <br />dOlHestie water with 110 ot.her possilJJe muHipJe flllldi()lI~ heillL!' con- <br />sidered. ne~lIhs of the stndit's \\"ere nsed ill determining' t.he (Yf'Sir:l- <br />bil}t)' of ntilizing. for lllUnicipal and indl1st.rialllses~ t,he Hlledi Reser. <br />,'on' storage water lIot. requIred for replacement of tl'<IllSlIlOllllf:lin <br />di\"ersiolls by the Fryingp:lII-ArkallsHs pro.iect. The studit-'s indi- <br />cated that Placita Resel'\"oir sije on the Crystnl TIirel' is the ('lIl'apest <br />