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_~/ ~1 OQtJ5 J5 April 1971 SUMMARY SHEETS Basalt Project, Colorado I I :1 i LOCATION In and between the co~~unities of Aspen, Basalt, Carbondale, and Glenwood Springs along the Roaring Fork River and its tributaries in Garfield, Eagle, and Pitkin Counties of west-central Colorado.. PROJECT PLAN The Basal t Project would provide municipal and domestic water to ,- assist in the orderly development of the rapidly growing Roaring Fork Valley and irrigation water for privately owned ranch and farm lands in the area. I I I Water would be made available by storage releases from the existing Ruedi Reservoir and the development of surplus flows and undeveloped existing rights of Maroon and Castle Creeks, the Roaring Fork River, and Cattle, Mesa, and Coulter Creeks. Water from Ruedi Reservoir would be conveyed to municipal, domestic, and irrigation delivery points by the Landis Pipeline and Canal System. Part of the munici- pal and domestic water would be diverted just east of Basalt and conveyed via pipeline to serve part of the Roaring Fork Valley between Basalt and Aspen. A central treatment plant would be constructed north of Basalt from which the bulk of the municipal and domestic water would be conveyed to Carbondale, Basalt, Missouri Heights, and intermediate rural and suburban delivery points of the Roaring Fork Valley by branches of the pipeline system. The Landis Canal would begin at the treatment plant and traverse the Missouri Heights area befOTe terminating in Spring Valley. It would supply untreated municipal and domestic water for the newly develop- ing Colorado Mountain College area and irrigation water to project lands. The existing Missouri Heights (Spring Park) Reservoir would provide needed water during the peak of the irrigation season. An additional supply of municipal and domestic water is needed for the fast growing Aspen, Colorado area. Various alternatives are being investigated by the Bureau of Reclamation and City of Aspen before selection of the system most beneficial to all concerned.