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. > :'.~' " r ~)~) ~'~~ SUMMARY SHEBTS Basalt Project LOCATION: Between the communities of Basalt and Glenwood Springs in the Roaring Fork River Basin in Garfield, Eagle, and Pitkin Counties of west-central Colorado TI::h! By utilizing water of the Ruedi Reservoir on F:ryingpan River, an authorized feature of the F:ryingpan~Arkansas project, plus some natural flows of local streams, the project would provide irrigation water for 20,489 acres of land, including 14,362 acres of full serv- ice land and 6,127 acres of supplemental service land. Project effects other than for irrigation have not been evaluated. . ,later would be conveyed in the Basalt Conduit 1;hich would head at the outlet of Ruedi Reservoir and extend northwest 22 miles to the existing Missouri Heights Reservoir which would be enlarged. This water plus surplus flows of' Cattle Creek would be stored in Missouri Heights Reservoir during the nonirrigation season. During the irri- gation season water conveyed by the Basalt Conduit would flow through the reservoir and would be used together with released storage water for irrigation. The Landis Canal ,lould head at the outlet of the Missouri Heights Reserv-oir and extend north1;est 22.8 miles, distributing water to lands in the upper Cattle Creek and Spring Valley areas. The canal would also deliver water at its terminus to the Spring Valley lat- eral system which serves lands on SprinB Valley Bench. The Carbon- dale Canal would head on a natural' channel about one mile below the outlet of' Missouri Heights Reservoir and would extend southwest 12.6 miles, crossing Roaring Fork River by.siphon and providing water to lands in the Carbondale area. The Sopris Canal would branch from the Carbondale Canal at the outlet of the Roaring Fork siphon and would ,convey water to lands in the Sopris area. Project works would intercept and utilize some surplus water of local streams. Some lands located above project distribution facilities would receive additi"onal water by exchange. .