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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT <br /> <br />SILT PARTICIPATING PROJECT, COLORADO <br /> <br />Location and description: The Silt project is located on Rifle Creek in Garfield <br />County in west-central Colorado. It will involve construction of a storage dam <br />and reservoir, canals and laterals to provide a full water supply for 1,900 acres <br />of new land and supplemental water for some 5,400 acres of presently irrigated <br />land. <br /> <br />Irrigated Acreage <br /> <br />New lands <br />Supplemental <br />Total <br /> <br />I, 900 acres <br />5,400 acres <br />7,300 acres <br /> <br />Principal Agricultural Production <br /> <br />Alfalfa, grain, sugar beets, potatoes - dairy cows, beef cattle and sheep. <br /> <br />Water Supply (acre-feet) <br /> <br />Average annual increase in direct flow diversion <br />Average annual increase in storage yield <br />Total <br />Stream depletion (ave. annual) <br /> <br />4,200 <br />5.900 <br />10,100 <br />5,800 <br /> <br />Project Works <br /> <br />Principal construction features include the Rifle Gap Dam and Reservoir <br />with 10,000 acre-feet total capacity, a small hydraulic turbine and direct- <br />connected pump, reconstruction of abandoned ditoh, rehabilitation of an <br />existing canal al1d construction of some laterals and drains. <br /> <br />Constr~ction Cost ijlnd Repayment <br /> <br />Estimated cost <br />Reimbursable cost allocated to irrigation <br />Nonreimbursable cost allocated to fish and wildlife <br /> <br />$ 3,356,000 <br />3,282,400 <br />73,600 <br /> <br />Repayment by: <br />Irrigatiqn water users <br />Power revenues from Colorado <br />River Storage project <br />Total <br /> <br />$ 1,020,000 <br /> <br />2,262,400 <br />3,282,400 <br /> <br />Annual O&IV&R Costs <br />, <br /> <br />8,j400 <br /> <br />Benefit-Cos~ Ratio <br /> <br />1. 7l1:o 1 <br /> <br />-54- <br />