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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8240.200.43.A
Description
Grand Valley/Orchard Mesa
State
CO
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Water Division
5
Date
1/1/1980
Title
Grand Valley Project - Upper Colorado Region Water and Power Resources Service
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<br />. <br />. <br /> <br />Grand Valley Project <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Colorado: Mesa County <br /> <br />Upper Colorado Region <br />Water and Power Resources Service <br /> <br />Grand Valley Project is in west-central Colorado in the <br />Colorado River Basin. Water is furnished to about <br />42.000 acres of land along the Colorado River in the <br />vicinity of Grand Junction. Colo. The project works in. <br />clude a diversion dam, a powerplant. two pumping <br />plants. two canal systems totaling 90,1 miles. 166 miles <br />of laterals. and 112 miles of drains. <br /> <br />PLAN <br /> <br />Water for project use is diverted into the Government <br />High Line Canal at Grand Valley Diversion Dam. about <br />23 miles northeast of Grand Junction. About 4,6 miles <br />below the main diversion, water lor the Orchard Mesa <br />Division is diverted from the canal. This water passes <br />through the Orchard Mesa Siphon across the Colorado <br />River. through the Orchard Mesa Power Canal to the <br />Grand Valley Powerplant. or to the Orchard Mesa <br />Pumping Plant. where it is pumped into Orchard Mesa <br />Canals No. 1 and 2 for distribution to the water users. <br /> <br />From the Orchard Mesa diversion. the Government High <br />Line Canal continues westward. approximi!.tely parallel. <br /> <br /> <br />Grand Valley Dam and Canal <br /> <br /> <br />ing the river. distributing water to laterals of the Garfield <br />Gravity Division. Water also is furnished to 8.580 acres <br />in the Mesa County and Palisade Irrigation Districts <br />which were served by private facilities prior to project <br />construction. <br /> <br />Grand Valley Diversion Dam <br /> <br />The diversion dam is on the Colorado River about 8 <br />miles northeast of Palisade. Colo. This concrete weir is <br />14 feet high. Flow over its 546-foot crest is controlled by <br />six roller gates. These gates were the first of their type <br />designed in the United States. <br /> <br />Government High Line Canal System <br /> <br />The canal is on the west and north side of the river and <br />extends from the Grand V a~iey Diversion Dam south and <br />west a distance of 55 miles. It has a diversion capacity of <br />1.675 cubic leet per second. which includes 800 cubic feet <br />per second for the Orchard Mesa Power Canal, The reo <br />maining flows are distributed through the Government <br />High Line Canal and Price.Stub Pmnping Plant. The <br />distribution system for the Garfield Gravity Division con- <br />sists of 166 miles of laterals. The drainage system con- <br />sists of 2 miles of closed drains and II 0.5 miles of deep <br />open drains. <br /> <br />The Price-Stub Pumping Plant is on the canal near Tun- <br />nel No.3 Outlet at the east end of Grand Valley. It lifts <br />25 cubic feet per second of water 31 leet to the Stub <br />Ditch to serve land of the Mesa County Irrigation <br />District. Power is provided to the hydraulic pump by <br />water delivered to the Price Ditch f~r the Palisade Irriga. <br />tion District. <br /> <br />Orchard Mesa Canal System <br /> <br />Orchard Mesa Siphon conveys water from the Govern- <br />ment High Line Canal to the head of the 3.5.mile.long <br />Orchard Mesa Power Canal on the east side of the river. <br />The 8iphon is reinforced concrete with a capacity of 800 <br />cubic feet per second. Orchard Mesa Pumping Plant lifts <br /> <br />513 <br />
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