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<br />, J..~ ~ <br /> <br />o <br />""-l <br />o <br /><:..:.J <br /> <br />'I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />) <br /> <br />II <br />I <br />I' <br />I <br /> <br />'? <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />investigated which would provide flood protection for <br />Trinidad, Colorado, and at the same time provide regula- <br />tion of the available water supply for more effective <br />agricultural use, and possible future domestic and <br />industrial uses. <br /> <br />The project pr~posal is for a reservoir at the Trinidad <br />dam site on the Purgatoire River about four miles above <br />Trinidad, and two miles below the Sopris site which was <br />considered in House Document No. 387. The top of the <br />dam would be 208 feet above the stream bed and the <br /> <br />reservoir storage capacity would be 140,700 acre feet, <br /> <br />allocated as follows: <br /> <br />flood control, 46,700 acre feet; <br /> <br />conservation 55,000 acre feet; and sediment 39,000 acre <br />feet. <br /> <br />The total estimated first cost of the project is <br />$17,000,000 divided as follows: <br /> <br />Preliminary construction <br />Embankment <br />Out let Works <br />Spi llway <br />Lands and Rights-of-Way <br /> <br />and associated items $6,077,000 <br />5,877,000 <br />1,566,000 <br />1,476,000 <br />2,004,000 <br />$17,000,000 <br /> <br />The allocation of the total cost is $8,268,000 to flood <br /> <br />control and $8,732,000 to irrigation. Annual charges are <br /> <br />estimated to be $552,000 including $22,000 for maintenance <br /> <br />and operation. Estimated evaluated average annual benefits <br />