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Show u uCOLORADO COLORADO RIVER RJV ER REPORT HAS HA27 ! 27 PROJECTS ; : 10 NEAR HERE Twenty seven potential recla reclamalion reclimation i mation malion projects involving an es estlmated estinsated etimated tlmated tin-sated tin sated - cost of $310 310 $319 319 $319840 319840 $ 840 000 are arc aredescribed arcdescribed ardescribed e described by the Bureau BuredU of Re ReclamatlOn Reclamation Riclamation & clamatlOn clamation in 10 its cornprehen comprehensive comprehensivedolorado coinprehensivColorado < ; ive 'olorado olorado dolorado ' ( River Basin Repor Report ReporIs f'l fl " ' ! -Is Is Js - ' possibilities possilJihtic'I possilJihticI ' for ultimate de development development d dvelopment < ? velopment of water wattr resource resources resourcesin resourcein s < ; in five major drainages dramagL'I dramagLI dratnagcs ' of north northwestetn northwestetn nortiwestern westetn Colorado and north northeastern northeastern nortteastern eastern UtahTwelve UtahTwelve Utah UtahTwelve Twelve of the potential pro- pro projects proacts pr prjects - < . - jects acts are in 10 the Yampa and andWhite andWhite anWhite White River Basins of Colorado Colorad10 10 are in the Umtah Uintah Basin of ofEastern ofEastern cEastern . Eastern Uta Utah and five are situ situated situated sitiated / ated in the Price and San RafaelRIvcr Rafael RafaelRivl.r RafatRiver Rivl.r Rivlr RIvcr . Basins of southeastern southeasterntah southeasterUtah ? .lJtah lJtah . tah Twenty one are primarily primarilyor primarilWor y .or or . or irrigation irrigabon the others being beingmainly beingmainly beinmainly mainly for power ' productloi Woduction production productionCostliest productloiCostliest Costliest would be the poten potcitial potential tial Echo Park dam and reser reservoir reservoir reseivoir " voir immediately below the jun fun function luiction ction of the Green and Yampa YampaRivers YampRivers Rivers in Colorado Colorad9 Coloradp It bears bearsprice aprice a aprice price tag of $68 68 $ 800 00Thirtyone 00Thirtyone 00 00Thirtyone Thirty-one Thirty one - - other reservoirsare reservoirare are inventoried 9-s 9 s .as as . - part of the theprojects thprojects projects havinggotential having gotential potential stor storage storage stoiage age capacity of 1543 1 10 543250DBcre 543 250DBcre 250.acre 250acre 250.acrefeet 250DBcrefeet 250 potentiai . acrfeet ( feet more than half of which whichrould whichould whic ] -rould rould . - oyou\d oyou d ould \ be provided by the 101 100 > Thile-long Thile long 100Thilelong mile-long mile long 'lbile-long 'lbile lbile ' - - Echo cho Park impound impoundment impoundmeat impouncment impouncmentIn ment meat mentIn meatIn In addition to providing flood floodcontrol floodcontrol flooicontrol control silt retention and vitally vitallyneeded vitallyneeded vitall ; needed holdover storage for forstream forstream fostream stream regulation any anty and reser reservoir reservoir reservoir voir or group or reservoirswhich reservoirs reservoirswhich reservoirwhich s which the states may elect to tobuild tobuild tbuild build would be part of a paten poten patentlal potenttal potertial i tlal ttal irrigation lrngation expansion for as asmuch asmuch amuch s much of 529 380 acres m 10 in the thetwo thetwo thtwo e two states as the available wa wat wat wafer t .r r . r supply will permit Of the th ' . , V > tal 307 397 350 acres need irn Irri irngation Irrigation irngation gation development in the Yam Yampa Yampa Yampa . pa and WhltfiRiver Whits Whltfi/ Whltfi White / River Basins Basms 183 183900 900 in the Uintah Basin and 37 3930 ' ? ' 930 in the Price and San Rafael RafaelBasins RafaeBasins RafaeBasinsEight Basins BasinsEight Eight of the potential potentlal reser reservoirs reservoirs reservoirs voirs could develop 2 298 000 000000 000 kilowatt hours of hydroelec hydroelectric hydroelectalc hydroelectrie tric talc energy annually-nearly annually nearly annuallynearlyonethird annuallynearlyonethird annually - - nearl : one-third one third - - of the total output of ofBoulder ofBoulder oBoulder Boulder and Parker Dam Pow Power Power Power er plants combinedesides combined . 41 Besides esides Echo Park potentia potential power reservoirs would be 10- 10 la 10catld laratted - catt-d catt d catl-d catl ratted - - at Split Mountain site siteDesolation siteDesolation sit < Desolation site and Rattle&nak Rattlenak Rattlebnake Rattlesnake Rattlesnakesite RattlebnakesIte & site on the Green River RiveT , at the theLitle theLitle Litle Snake River site on Sleater SleaterCrelk SleaterCreek Creek Crel-k Crel k - and at the Deadma Deadman DeadmanBendl DeadmanBench ; Bench Bendl ( ( Juniper ) ) Cross Mountai Mountain Mountainand Mountainand ; and Lily Park sites on the theYampa theYampa Yampa River RiverAll RiverAll All 27 projects call for more morewatLr morewater mor water watLr than in m available in the theColorado theColorado Colorado River tributaries on onwhrch onwhich ( which whrch they are located There Therefon Therefore fore fon a belection belectlon selection must be made madeof madeof madof of those that will best utilize utilizethl utilizethe tht thl the limited supply within eachstate each eachstate ead state s allocationCommissioner allocation Commissioner Comml'1sioner Comml1sioner ' of Reclamation ReclamationMichael ReclamationMichael Michael W Straus has urged the thevariOUS thevarious various Colorado River BasIn BasInbtates Basinstates states btates to expedite division of ofwater ofwater o water under the Colorado River RiverCompact RiverCompact Compact which allocates 7 500 000 acre feet annually to the up- up upper upper - - per basin states and a like likeamount likeamount lik ' amount to the lower basin states statesHe statesHe He emphasized that there is not notsufficient notsufficient sufficient water to justify construchon construction con struction struchon of all projects described described describ ed in the basin report and sug suggested suggested gested that sub-allocations sub allocations - - - may maybe maybe ma : be made before each state re receives receives ceives its allocation of the entire entire en entire tire available supply agreed up- up upon upon - - on This rhls would permit as the theflrbt thefirst first flrbt step a selection of those thoseprojects thoseprojects ' projects which will assuredly assuredlyiall assuredlyfall assuredl : fall iall within each state s probabi probably probablyshare probablyshare : share of Colorado River water wateras as ultimately determinedrhe determinedThe determined The rhe 27 potential projects and andtheir andtheir an < their costs are as followsUT followsUTAHMoon follows UT UTAH-Moon UTAH Moon UTAH AH-Moon AH Moon - Moon Lake Exten ExtenslOn Extension sion slOn ( ( Duchesne River and tn tit titbutaries tnbutaries butaries ) $12 12 $12640000 12640000 $ 040 000 Fruitland FruitlandRed FruitlandRed ( Red Creek ) $640 640 $ 000 Casth Castle CastlePeak CastlePeak Peak ( Duchesne River ) $8 8 $ 480 480000 000 Mosby ( Deep Creek and andWhlterocks andWhiterocks amWhiterocks Whlterocks Whiterocks River ) $1,760000 1760000 $1,760000Vernal $1,760 1760 $1,780 1780 $ , , 000 000Vernal Vernal ( Ashley Creek ) $2400 2400 $2 2 $ 400 400000 000 Jensen ( Brush Creek Creek$480 Creek480 ) $480 480 $ 000 Minnie Mmnle Maud ( Minnie MinnieMaud MinnieMaud MtnnhMaud Maud Creek ) $160 160 $180 180 $160000 160000 $ 000 Greer Green GreenRiver GreenRiver River Pumping ( Green River ) $640000 640000 $640 640 $ 000 Split Mountain ( Green GreenRiver GreenRiver River ) ) $36800000 36800000 $36 36 $ 800 000 Emery EmeryCounty E mer m e r y yCounty 3County County ( ( Cottonwood Creek ) $4 4 $4000 4000 $ 000 000 Buckhom Buckhorn ( Huntington HuntingtonICreek HuntingtonCreek Creek ICreek ) $1 1 $ 920000 920 000 Gunnlsor Gunnison _ - - Valle Valley ( ( Green River ) ) $1760 1760 $1 1 $ 760 760000 1-- 1 1Valle 000 000besolation 000Desolation besolation Desolation Desolation Canyon ( Green GreenRiver GreenRiver GreeRiver i River ) $33 33 $ 600 002.r 002r 002.rand OOCL 000 . and Rattle Rattlesnake Rattlesnake Ratthsnake snake Power ( Green tireen Green River River$36 River36 ) $36 36 $ 800 800,000 800000 , 000 000COLORADOLittle 800,000COLORADO 1$36800000 136800000 1$36800000COL6RADO COL6RADO COLORADO--Little COLORADO Little COLORADO - - - Little Snake SnakeRiver SnakeRiver SnakRiver 3 River ( Little LlttJe Snake River tri trl trlbutary tributary trbutary butary ) ) $34400000 34400000 $34 34 $ 400 000 Up Upper UpperYaml U p per perIYamr D eYamr-i eYamr i r IYamr Yaml $3,680000 3680000 i ' - ( Yampa River ) $3 3 $31680 31680 $ , 680 000 Wessels ( Yampa RIver River River$1 River1 ) 1$1 11 $1 1 $ 760000 760 000 MountHarris Mount Harris Harris ( tn tit titbutary trbutary . butary of Yampa River Rivet ) $5280 5280 $5 5 $ 280 280000 000 Great Northern ( Elkhead ElkheadCreek ElkheadCreek ElkheaCreek 1 1000 Creek and Elk River ) ) $4 4 $4.320000 4.320000 4320000 $ . 320 1000 000 Yellow Jacket ( White River liver Riverand liverand Riveand ' and Milk Creek ) , $7 7 $ 520 000 000IDeadman 000Deadman 00 ( IDeadman Deadman Bench rYampa fampa ( River ) 1$38080000 138080000 $38 38 $ 080 000 Maybell ( Yampa Yampa$1 YampaRiver YampRiver 1 ' River ) ) $1 1 $ 120 120000 000 Cross Moun Mounitain Mountamn Mourtain itain tamn ( Yampa River ) $8000000 8000000 $8000000LIly $8 8 $ 000 000 000Lily 00Lily ( , LIly Park ( Yampa River ) $3 3 $3040 3040 $ 040 000 Jose Josephine hine Basin Basm White WhiteRiver ( ( White WhiteRiver WhitRiver ' ! River ) $480 480 $ 000 000 Piceance ( Pice Piee Picelance Pieeance Pic Picance < lance ance Creek ) $1 1 $ 280000 280 000 and andE andEcho anEcho 1 E Echo .ho ho < . Park ( Green River ) $68 68 $68800 68800 $ 800 000 |