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5 . ~" :~. ,."\ ":l'ti -.Ji --..J. SUMI"JARY SHEETS Bluestone project LOCATION: Near the Colorado River and its tributary, Roan Creek, in the vicinity of the towns of Rifle and DeBeque in Garfield and Mesa Counties of west-central Colorado. PLAN - The project would utilize water frow the Ruedi Reservoir on the Fryingpan River, a feature of the authorized Fryingpan-Arkansas project, and from Roan Creek for the irrigation of 8,178 acres of land, including 6,304 acres of full service land and 1,874 acres of supplemental service land. Natural flows of the Colorado River would be used for power generation. Project effects in other fields have not been evaluated. . Hater for the Sharrerd Park area, consistin", of water released from Ruedi Reservoir, would be pumped from the Colorado River at a point about 6 miles downstream from Rifle, Colo. Three pumps in series would deliver water to successively higher sections of the Sharrard Park Pump Canal or its laterals from "hich the water would be dis- tributed to the land. Reservoir water for irrigation in the Roan Creek area and natural flows for power production would be diverted from the Colorado Hi ver at the Una Diversion Dam located about 11 miles dO\?nstream from Grand Valley, Colo. The Una Power Canal would head at the dam and extend south 4.1. miles to the Una Powerplant. The river water would be released through the powerplant and ,"ould return to the river. The reservoir water would flo" from the terminus of the Una Fower Canal to the Una Pump Canal. A lift of about 1125 feet "ould be provided about 3.8 miles along the course of the pump canal by the Una Pumping Plant. Farther along the canal and near its terminus on Roan Creek the 1ft. Logan Reservoir would be con- structed. Hater ,wuld be pumped for irrigation and for storar:e during hours of off-peak power d.emand. Irrigation needs during daily perioos of peak power demands "ould be met by releases from Mt. LO{Tan Reservoir. Irrigation water delivered to Roan Creek "ould be used on lower lands served from the creek and in exchan~e part of the Roan Creek water now used on the lo"er lands "ould be used on higher lands along the creek and its tributaries. . The Sharrard Park and Una Pumping Plants would utilize part of the power {Tenerated. at the Una Powcrplant. The remainine power would be deli.vered to transmission lines of the Colorado River Storape project near Rifle for commercial sale.