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Show the assembling of engineering data needed for preparation of final designs and specifications for the dam. A revised set of the water supply operation studies has been completed which will require a total storage capacity of about 21,000 acre-feet. Completion of a definite plan report, which will describe proposed construction work on the dam and additional earth-lining on parts of the Fire Mountain Canal, is scheduled for about April, 1957. The Bureau has discussed necessary revisions in the repayment contract with the water users, but the final decision as to whether the present contract will be amended, or whether a new contract will be needed, is to be deferred until completion of a definite plan report. It was originally planned that construction should start on the Paonia Project in July of 1957. The actual start of construction will depend on the availability of construction funds. b. Florida Project The Florida Project is located in southwestern Colorado, southeast of Durango in the Florida River Valley and on Florida Mesa. Its principal features include the construction of Lemon Dam on the Florida River with a reservoir capacity of 23,300 acre-feet, enlargement of the Florida Farmers Ditch, and the construction of a new diversion dam. The laterals will be constructed to 6,300 acres of project lands. Drainage facilities will also be built. Flood control and fish and wildlife values will be improved. The project includes 6,300 acres of new land and 12,650 acres of presently irrigated land needing a supplemental water supply. Investigational work needed for a definite plan report has included the taking of project land topography. Topographic surveys of the Lemon Reservoir site have been taken and about 50% of the project lands have been classified in detail. c. Smith Fork Project The Smith Fork Project is located in Delta County, along the Smith Fork of the Gunnison River near Crawford, Colorado. Its principal features will include the construction of Crawford Reservoir on Iron Creek, capacity 14,000 acre-feet, a diversion from Smith Fork Dam on Smith Fork with head works on a sluiceway, a Smith Fork Feeder Canal 2% miles from the diversion dam and Crawford Reservoir, and 6.6 miles of canals to project lands. The acreage to be irrigated contains 2,270 acres of new land and 8,160 acres of land presently irrigated but needing a supplemental supply of water. |