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Show Detailed investigations on the Parshall Project were suspended when the water-right controversy developed over Williams Fork Reservoir. If Denver goes ahead with the present enlargement as planned, water supplies for the Parshall Project will be severely reduced. b. Bluestone Project The Bluestone Project would divert water from the Colorado River to irrigate 8,660 acres of new land and 2,215 acres now partially irrigated. The lands comprise a narrow strip along the Colorado River between Rifle, Colorado, and the head of DeBeque Canyon just below the town of DeBeque. The plan includes the restitution, enlargement and extension of the presently abandoned Havermeyer Canal and the rehabilitation of the presently exisiting Bluestone Ditch. A diversion dam would be constructed at the head of each canal. The Webster Hill Pumping Plant and the Monument Lateral, 30 miles in length, would extend the service area of the Havermeyer Canal. If the proposed DeBeque Reservoir downstream on the Colorado River were to be constructed, its backwaters would inundate or make infeasible development of a large part of Bluestone Project lands. The Colrado River Water Conservation District of Western Colorado is currently planning the Red Cliff Project which would, in reality, be a division of the Bluestone Irrigation Project. It would include a power generating installation and a storage reservoir. Power revenues derived from the sale of power would be used to aid in repayment of the Bluestone Irrigation Project. Stored water from the reservoir would be utilized to firm the water supply. c. Troublesome Project The Hay Park Reservoir, 20,100 acre-feet capacity, would be formed on the East Fork of Troublesome Creek by the Hay Park Dam, 143 feet high. The six-mile long Hay Park Canal would convey released storage water to the main stem of Troublesome Creek, from which it would be distributed for irrigation by the existing Kurtz No. 2 Ditch, which would be enlarged and extended. A second source of project water would be provided by the existing Williams Reservoir on Williams River. The 25-mile long -57- |