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<br />-~------ <br /> <br />SUMMARY SHEETS (Continued) <br /> <br />is to be constructed with non-Federal funds. Supplies for Dove Creek <br />and the surrounding rural areas will be conveyed in the Dove Creek Canal. <br />The water users will be responsible for any required treatment and dis- <br />tribution facilities. <br /> <br />Powerplants will be located on McPhee Dam and the Towaoc Canal to gen- <br />erate power that will enter the Colorado River Storage Project power <br />transmission system. The McPhee Dam facility will operate year-round <br />on fishery releases from McPhee Reservoir, while the Towaoc Canal Power- <br />plant will operate from April to October on the irrigation water supply <br />conveyed through the canal. <br /> <br />Recreation facilities will be provided at McPhee Reservoir and along the <br />Dolores River downstream of McPhee Dam. Project water will be released <br />from McPhee Reservoir to provide a stream fishery, and easements have <br />been acquired along the river for public access. With the abandonment <br />of the Rocky Ford Ditch, Totten Reservoir will no longer serve an irri- <br />gation purpose for the MVIC. To maintain the fishery in the reservoir, <br />Reclamation would make available up to 800 acre-feet of unallocated <br />project water from McPhee Reservoir already reserved for fish and wild- <br />life purposes. Money for operation and maintenance of Totten Reservoir <br />would come from salinity control funds and Reclamation anticipates the <br />MVIC will continue managing the reservoir. Releases will also be avail- <br />able for white-water boating, but boating opportunities will decrease <br />(expected to occur at some time in the future) when demand for water <br />supplies from McPhee Reservoir are at a maximum. Land around McPhee <br />Reservoir will be acquired and managed as a deer and elk winter range <br />to compensate for losses of big game habitat in the reservoir basin. <br />A wildlife management area will also be developed around Dawson Draw <br />Reservoir. <br /> <br />PROJECT FEATURES <br /> <br />McPhee <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />Great Cut <br />Dik.~!/ <br /> <br />Dawson Draw <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />Dams: <br />Height above streambed (feet) <br />Crest length (feet) <br />Reservoirs: <br />Capacity (acre-feet): <br />Active <br />Inactive <br />Dead <br />Total <br />Surcharge <br />Water surface area (acres): <br />Total pool <br />Inactive pool <br />!I Part of McPhee Reservoir. <br /> <br />270 <br />1,370 <br /> <br />64 <br />1,900 <br /> <br />56 <br />1,085 <br /> <br />229,000 <br />152,000 <br />100 <br />381,100 <br />18,200 <br /> <br />o <br />3,210 <br />100 <br />3,310 <br />2,360 <br /> <br />4,470 <br />2,160 <br /> <br />294 <br />294 <br /> <br />S-2 <br />