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.. .~.. ..~ ~, ~i~~;~i . BASALT pIlOJECT GB~ERAL DISCUSSIONS Plans for utilizing the water of Ruedi Reservoir as well as surplus flows of .the Fr,ringpan River in the Basalt project area, on the basis of reconnaissance studies, are described in a report dated August 1959 made for the Colorado Water Conservation Board by Philip p. Smith. Secretary- Engineer. the Colorado River Water Conservation District. The report is appended to the Bureau of Reclamation report of September 1959 on the Ruedi Dam and Reservoir. printed as House Document No. 353, 86th Congress. 2d Session. Other appendixes to that report which are related to the Ruedi Reservoir include reports by the Corps of Engineer. Fish and lYild- life Service. and National Park Service. and two reports made for the Colorado Water Conservation Board on possible water requirements associ- ated with potential oil shale developments near the Colorado River below the Ruedi Reservoir site. Present investigations The present investigations. initiated in the spring of 1961. have been direqted primarily toward determining the opUmum plan for irriga- tion development of lands in the Basalt project area utilizing water of the RuediReservoir. Data from previous investigations were utilized where applicable. . The investigations have been generally of a reconnaissance nature. Field work has included reconnaissance land claSSification. geologic examinations of potential sites of terminal storage and canals and of possible sources of construction materials, and the collection of data on existing irrigation facilities and agricultural development. Office work has included preparation of water supply estimates, simulated opera- tion studies. designs and cost estimates, economic analyses, considera- tion of various alternative plans of development. and the compilation of the report and supporting data. . 11