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Show VI-80 UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT 77 construction work remains on the laterals and the hydraulic pumping plant. Completion of the entire project except for minor cleanup activities is scheduled for fiscal year 1963. Irrigation water was available in ^limited amounts beginning with the 1962 irrigation season. PAON1A PARTICIPATING PROJECT, COLORADO Construction of the Paonia Dam on the North Fork of the Gunnison River was essentially completed early in 19G2, and the 21,000 acre-foot Paonia Kescrvoir was rilled during the spring runoff. Paonia Dam is the main feature of the Paonia project, which has the distinction of being the first participating unit of the five-State Colorado River storage project to be placed in operation. The completed portions of the project were turned over to the North Fork Water Conservancy District on June 1, 1962, for operation and maintenance. Other project features include the Fire Mountain diversion dam and several miles of irrigation canal. SEEDSKADEE PARTICIPATING PROJECT, WYOMING The principal features of the Seedskadee project are the Fontenelle Dam and Reservoir on the Green River, a 10,000-kilowatt powerplant and switchyard, a system of canals, two pumping plants, laterals and drainage facilities. Construction of the Fontenelle Dam is 34 percent complete under a construction contract for $S, 145,545 awarded in June 1961. Other construction activities were directed mainly to construction of the Fontenelle community. The community is essentially completed and includes housing, both permanent and temporary, for about 30 Reclamation employees and their families, along with shops, garages, an office, fire station, and a laboratory. The permanent facilities will serve as the project operation headquarters after completion of the project. SMITH FORK PARTICIPATING PROJECT, COLORADO The Crawford Dam on Iron Creek in west-central Colorado is 88 percent completed at June 30, 1962. Construction is underway on the other project features including the Smith Fork diversion dam which will divert surplus flows from the Smith Fork, a 2%-mile feeder canal to carry the surplus flow from the Smith Fork to the reservoir, and a new 6.6-mile Aspen Canal to deliver the water to the farmlands in the project area. Work on these features is estimated 81 percent complete. Initial storage of water is scheduled to begin in the fall of 1962, and irrigation water will be available in limited amounts during the 1963 irrigation season. ADVANCE PLANNING ACTIVITIES Definite plan reports on the Silt participating project in Colorado, the Emery County participating project in Utah, and the economic justification report on Crystal Dam, reservoir, and powerplant of the Curecanti unit were completed during the year. Advance planning studies continued on the central Utah project and in Wyoming on 95968-63------6 |
