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<br />? <br />I "(6- Z . - <br />1'Ic;3 <br /> <br />r <br />\,- <br /> <br />SUMMARY SIriETS <br /> <br />Basalt Project v <br /> <br />LOCATION: Between thf' communities of Basalt and Glenwood Springs in the <br />Roaring Fork River Basin in Garfield. Eagle. and Pi tUn <br />Counties of west-central Colorado <br /> <br />PLA1V <br />- <br /> <br />By utilizing water of the Ruedi Reservoir on Fryingpan River. an <br />authorized feature of the Fryingpan-Arkansas project. plus some <br />natural flows of local streams. the project would provide irrigation <br />water for 20,489 acres of land. including 14.362 acres of full serv- <br />ice land and 6.127 acres of supplemental service land. Project <br />effects other than for irrigation have not been evaluated. <br /> <br />( <br />\. <br /> <br />Water would be conveyed in the Basalt Conduit which would head at <br />the outlet of Ruedi Reservoir and extend northwest 22 miles to the <br />existing Missouri Heights Reservoir which would be enlarged. This <br />water plUS surplus flows of Cattle Creek would be stored in "lissour~ <br />Heights Reservoir during the nonirrigation season. During the irri- <br />gation season water conveyed by the Basalt Conduit would flow through <br />the reservoir and would be used together with released storage water <br />for irrigation. <br /> <br />The Landis Canal would heed at the outlet of the 14issouri Heights <br />Reservoir and extend northwest 22.8 miles, distributing water to <br />lands in the upper Cattle Creek and Spring Valley areas. The canal <br />would also deliver water at its terminus to the Spring Valley lat- <br />eral system which serves lands on Spring Valley Bench. The Carbon-. <br />dale Canal would head on a natural channel about one mile below. the <br />outlet of Missouri Heights Reservoir and would extend southwest 12.6 <br />miles. crossing Roaring Fork River by siphon and prOViding water to <br />lands in the Carbondale area. The Sopris Canal would branch from <br />the Carbondale Canal at the outlet of the Roaring Fork siphon and <br />would convey water to lands in the Soprie area. Project works would <br />intercept and utilize some surplus water of local streams. Some . <br />lands locat.ed above project distribution facilities would receive <br />additional water by exchange. <br />