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<br />COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />FLORIDA PARTICIPATING PROJECT <br /> <br />LOCATION: <br /> <br />Near Durango, La Plata County, Southwest Colorado, ill <br />San Juan Basin of Upper Colorado River Basin. <br /> <br />AUTHORIZED: <br /> <br />As a participating project with the Colorado River Storage <br />project by Act of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105). <br /> <br />PLAN: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Lemon Reservoir on Florida River will regulate the flow of the river <br />for irrigation of 19,450 acres of land, including 5,730 acres not <br />previously irrigated and 13,720 acres in need of supplemental water. ' <br />Regulated releases will be made from the reservoir to the Florida <br />River. A minor part of the released water will be diverted by <br />numerous small ditches that now serve lands in the narrow 25....mile <br />long river valley below the reservoir. A major part of the released <br />water will be diverted through the existing Florida Canal and the <br />Florida Farmers Ditch to lands on Florida Mesa. The diversion dam <br />for the Florida Farmers Ditch will be replaced and the upper 4.9 <br />miles of the ditch above its intersection with the Florida Canal will <br />be enlarged. Below the intersection the Florida Canal will be <br />enlarged for a distance of 1.8 miles and beyond this enlargement <br />a new lateral system will be provided to serve about 2,210 acres <br />of land. Except for this new lateral system, existing laterals will <br />distribute all project water with minor rehabilitations and e~en$ions <br />being made to serve about 3,520 acres in scattered tracts 01'\ Florida <br />Mesa. A fish screen will be installed near the head of the Florida <br />Farmers Ditch. No proj ect land drains will be required. Proj ect <br />irrigators are willing to correct inefficient irrigation practices under <br />prior water rights to conserve water for project development. ' All <br />project lands are privately owned except 785 acres of full irriga- <br />tion service land that is in Indian ownership or allotments. <br /> <br />Two recreational areas will be developed near the Lemon Reservoir. <br />The reservoir will also provide flood control benefits, will improve <br />conditions for fish, and will increase recreational use of the'nearby <br />San Juan National Forest. <br /> <br />COSTS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Construotion cO,$ts <br />Basin Fund .'I)ection 5 (April 1959 prices) <br />Lemol') Dam and Reservoir <br />Florida Farmers Ditch Diversion Dam <br />Florida Farmers Ditch enlargement <br /> <br />$ 9,5571009 <br />200,000 <br />450,000 <br /> <br />-40- <br />