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i: APPENDIX A ~ j ., , , <"I ,"I '.'1 ~ for Aztec, Bloomfield, Farmington and Shiprock, New Mexico; a domestic supply-f~r the intervening rural area and an industrial supply for the development of coal reserves on the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Reservations. It would provide irrigation water to stabilize the insecure agricultural economy on non-Indian lands and develop a new agricultural economy on lands owned by the above Indian Tribes. At the same time the project probably provides the only practical solution to the serious social and economic pro- blems that are now being posed by the pending U.S. vs. Akin case more fully described under Attachment B. The project would also provide substantial recreation and .fish and wildlife benefits, as well as minimal flood control. PROJECT PIAN The map on the following page shows project facilities as envisioned at the timedof authorization in 1968. The map on page 8 shows faci- lities for the plan as now reformulated. When compared with the Authorizing Plan, the reformulated plan has: (1) introduced the production of hydro-electric power to perform project pumping, (2) increased the scale of municipal and industrial water development, (3) decreased the salt contribution to the Colorado River, (4) in- creased recreation and fish and wildlife values; (5) provided a pres- surized underground distribution system that improves irrigation . efficiencies, and (6) reduced environmental impacts, including the construction of a lengthy diversion canal in the scenic Animas.River Canyon. The main storage feature of the project is now located at the Ridges Basin Reservoir site about four (4) miles southwest of the city of Durango. The Durango Pumping Plant, with a maximum dynamic head of 600 feet, would pump Animas River water to that reservoir. Municipal and industrial water for the City of Durango and surrounding area would be diverted from Ridges Basin Reservoir to a new nonproject treatment plant to be located near the north shore of the reservoir.. - ......... ~..... -6- ,:: ',~ :',,1 ..~ .~.