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~.:> cD ..-I o '-":) "~ Chapter I INTRODUCTION Participatina Oraanizations Palisade Irriaation District The palisade Irrigation District (PID) system is located in the northeast portion of the Grand Valley and delivers water through the Price Ditch (initial capacity of about 70 cubic feet per second (cfs)) and through carriage rights in the Government Highline Canal (see Frontispiece). The PID serves approximately 4,250 acres of land north of the Grand Valley Mainline Canal between palisade and Grand Junction. The system consists of the 9.l-mile-long Price Ditch which delivers water to 109 privately owned laterals. There are 61 miles of laterals from the Price Ditch serving 3,350 acres of land. Seventy-three direct turnouts from the Price Ditch serve an additional 340 acres of land. Additionally, 9.9 miles of laterals from the East End Government Highline Canal serve 560 acres of the district's lands. Mesa Count v Irriaation District The Mesa County Irrigation District (MCID) system is also located in the northeast portion of the Grand Valley and delivers water through the Stubb Ditch (initial capacity of about 20 cfs) and through carriage rights in the Government Highline Canal (see Frontispiece). The MelD serves approximately 2,280 acres of land north of the Price Ditch and south of the Stubb Ditch between Palisade and Grand Junction. The system consists of the 10.2-mile-long Stubb Ditch which delivers water to 78 privately owned laterals. There are 7 miles of laterals from the Stubb Ditch serving 480 acres of land. Eighty-five direct turnouts from the ditch serve an additional 420 acres. The Government Highline Canal delivers water to 15.5 miles of Mero laterals and 15 direct turnouts serving an additional 1,380 acres of the district's lands. Water for both irrigation districts is carried in the Government Highline Canal through the outlet of Tunnel No.3. At that point, about 60 cfs is dropped through a hydraulic pump into PID's Price Ditch to the south of the East End Government Highline Canal. The pump lifts water into the Stubb Ditch which lies to the north of the East End Government Highline Canal. Approximately 22 cfs of MCID water and 20 cfs of PID water stays in the East End Government Highline Canal to serve district lands south of the government canal. As part of the recommended plan in the FEIS, 3 miles of the Stubb Ditch laterals, 30 miles of the Price Ditch laterals, and 22 miles of laterals from the East End Government Highline Canal would be placed in pipe beginning in September 1990. Grand Valley Water Users Association The Grand Valley Water Users Association (GVWUA) operates and maintains the government owned Grand Valley Project (Project). The Grand Valley Project works include a diversion dam and a canal and lateral system. Water is diverted from the Colorado River into the Government Highline Canal at the 3