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. COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT HAMMOND PARTICIPATING PROJECT LOCATION: Northwestern New Mexico, across the San Juan River and south of Blanco, Bloomfield, and Farmington AUTHORIZED: Authorized as a participating project with the Colorado River Storage Project by the Act of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105). PLAN: . A full irrigation supply will be provided from the San Juan River' for 3,900 acres of land. Most of the supply will be obtained from direct diversions of natural streamflow but when necessary natw:al " flows will be supplemented by storage releases from the Navajo Res- ervoir being constructed on the San Juan River as part of the Colo- rado River Storage Project. Water will be diverted from the l'tver by the Hammond DiverSion Dam and turned into the 29-mile lqng Main Canal. At a point 6.3 miles below the head of the canal tile water will be divided for distribution at three levels. Part of the water will drop through a hydraulic turbine to a continuation of thl3 Main Canal; part will be lifted to the East and West Highline Laterals by a pump driven by the turbine; and the remainder will be 'diverted by gravity flow into the Gravity Extension Lateral. Smaller gravity diversions will be made from the Main Canal by five minor unnamed laterals. A project headquarters will be constructed near the pump- ing plant. Land drains will bl3 provided as needed. Irrigat:ipn and upland game and waterfowl will benefit from the project. COSTS: . Construction Costsll Hammond Diversion Dam Section 5 (Basin Fund) $ 451,000 Hilmmond Pumping Plant " 369; pOO Main Canal "2, 106, ~OO Laterals "204,000 Drains "90,000 Permanent Operating Facilities" 36,000 O&M Housing "~2.000 Subtotal 3,~80,000 Fish & Wildlife Facilities Section 8 funds 10.000 Total $3,290,000 J/ Section 5 (Basin Fund) costs are estimated at September 1957 prices and include $7,697 expendl3d from nonreimbursable Colorado River Devl3lopment Fund. -32-