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Show contract for construction of 5.6 miles of Main Canal and Tunnel No. 2 is about 46 percent complete. c. San Juan-Chama Project The San Juan-Chama Project is located in south central Colorado and north central New Mexico in the San Juan River, Rio Grande and Canadian River Basins. It was also authorized for construction in the Congressional Act of June 13, 1962. This project will divert waters from the headwaters of the San Juan River into the Rio Grande Basin for the purpose of providing supplemental water for existing irrigation projects and for municipal and industrial uses in the Albuquerque, New Mexico metropolitan area. Although water for the diversion will be collected from tributaries of the San Juan River in both Colorado and New Mexico, all water will be used in New Mexico in the Rio Grande Basin. By exchange, the project will also increase the use of water in New Mexico in the Canadian River Basin. It is planned to provide an initial diversion of 110,000 acre-feet of Colorado River Basin water per year. This project will also improve conditions for recreation, fish and wildlife in the Rio Grande Basin. Construction Activities The contract for construction of Azotea Tunnel and appurtenant structures is about 42.6 percent complete. The contract for construction of Blanco Tunnel, Diversion Dam, and appurtenant structures is about 44 percent complete. The contract for construction of El Vado Dam outlet works is about 87 percent complete. A contract in the amount of $6,340,987 was awarded on February 1, 1966, to Boyles Bros. Drilling Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, for construction on the Oso Tunnel. Notice to proceed with the work was also issued on February 1, and is now about 2.7 percent complete. 4. UTAH a. Central Utah Project (Initial Phase) The Central Utah Project (initial phase) will provide water for irrigation, municipal and industrial use, and power generation. Benefits also will be realized in the fields of outdoor recreation, fish and wildlife conservation, flood control, water quality control, and area redevelopment. The initial phase consists of four units. Largest of these is the Bonneville Unit which involves diversion of water from the Uinta Basin to the Bonneville Basin and associated 103 |