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<br />current ownership or irrigation regime. Costs per acre foot for effecting rehabilitation of canals <br />have been estimated at $3800 per acre\foot, based on the Gronning Report's evaluation of the <br />Florida Project. <br />(b) Lemon Reservoir. <br />Approximately 2,500 acre/feet of additional water could be made available in Lemon <br />Reservoir on the Florida River north of the Southern Ute Reservation. The Southern Ute Tribe <br />currently holds some water rights in Lemon. According to the Bureau of Reclamation, an <br />investment of approximately $10 million, some of which may be available through sources <br />independent of the Fund for the specific purpose of enhancing the safety of the dam, would <br />implement this option. Some additional investment for land acquisition would be required, which <br />we roughly estimate at $1 million. In conjunction with necessary safety upgrades, the existing dam <br />could be raised modestly (approximately 10 feet) to capture up to 10,000 additional acre\feet of <br />water per year currently spilled from the reservoir. This would result in a !inn additional yield of <br />approximately 2500 acre\feet. If agreements could be reached with current project beneficiaries, <br />the !inn yield could be increased beyond this figure. Lemon presents another opportunity for joint <br />ventures between the Tribes and other water users. <br />(c) Dolores ProjectlMcPhee Reservoir. <br />The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe currently has the right to 1,000 acre feet ofM&I water from <br />the Dolores project north of the reservation via the Towaoc pipeline and 23,300 acre feet of <br />agricultural water from the project via the Towaoc canal. Approximately 5,000 acre feet ofM&I <br />water are presently unused in the Dolores Project, and could under present contractual terms be <br />transferred to the United States for the benefit of the Ute Mountain Utes. The present value of the <br /> <br />7 <br />