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<br />SUMMARY SHEETS <br /> <br />DOLORES PROJECT, COLORADO <br /> <br />LOCATION <br /> <br />Montezuma and Dolores Counties of southwestern Colorado in the Upper <br />Colorado River Basin. <br /> <br />PLAN <br />- <br /> <br />The Dolores Project will develop water from the Dolores River for irri- <br />gation, municipal and industrial use, power production, recreation, and <br />fish and wildlife enhancement. It will also provide flood and salinity <br />control and cultural resources mitigation and will aid in area economic <br />redevelopment. Irrigation water will be provided to the Dove Creek and <br />Montezuma Valley areas in the Dolores Water Conservancy District and the <br />Towaoc area on the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation. <br /> <br />Primary storage for all project purposes will be provided by McPhee <br />Reservoir on the Dolores River. Dawson Draw Reservoir will be con- <br />structed specifically for fish and wildlife enhancement and will be sup- <br />plied primarily from irrigation return flows. <br /> <br />Irrigation water will be prOVided for full service land in the Dove Creek <br />and Towaoc areas and for supplemental service land in the Montezuma <br />Valley area. Water for the Dove Creek area will be pumped from McPhee <br />Reservoir by the Great Cut Pumping Plant and conveyed through the Dove <br />Creek Canal and the South Canal. Water for the Towaoc area will be con- <br />veyed from the reservoir through the Dolores Tunnel to the Dolores and <br />Towaoc Canals. Buried pipe lateral systems will distribute water to <br />farms in both the Dove Creek and Towaoc areas. The Montezuma Valley <br />area is presently served by an existing gravity distribution system, <br />owned by the Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company (MVIC). The MVIC system <br />will be greatly improved by the construction of several Dolores Project <br />features. The Dolores Tunnel and Canal have already been constructed, <br />replacing the old MVIC tunnel and East Lateral. The proposed Towaoc <br />Canal will replace the existing MVIC Lower Hermana Lateral and Highline <br />Ditch. The Rocky Ford Laterals will deliver water to lands presently <br />served by the Rocky Ford Ditch, which will be abandoned. Portions of <br />the existing MVIC Lone Pine and Upper Hermana Laterals will be improved <br />with the addition of earth lining. The construction of the Towaoc <br />Canal, Rocky Ford Laterals, and earth lining of the two MVIC laterals <br />will provide substantial salinity control in the project area. <br /> <br />Municipal and industrial water supplies for the communities of Cortez <br />and Towaoc will be stored in McPhee Reservoir and delivered through the <br />recently constructed Dolores Tunnel and Canal and the proposed Cortez- <br />Towaoc Pipeline. The Cortez-Towaoc Pipeline, formerly a project feature, <br /> <br />S-l <br />