| OCR Text |
Show TABLE 19.-Colorado River Storage Project facilities, as proposed by the Bureau of Reclamation Project unit River Height of dam above Reservoir capacity Total Initial After 200 years of sediment encroachment Hydroelectric power ultimate installation Gross Mountain............ Crystal................... Curecanti (Blue Mesa Dam). Echo Park................ Flaming Gorge............ Glen Canyon.............. Gray Canyon.............. Bridgeport (Whitewater)----- Split Mountain............ Martinez (Navajo)......... Yampa. . Gunnison. ____do.. Green... ____do.. Colorado. Green... San Juan. Green... Gunnison. Feet 295 305 475 525 440 580 445 335 245 255 Acre-feet 5, 200,000 40, 000 2, 500, 000 6, 460,000 3, 940, 000 26,000, 000 2,000, 000 1,200, 000 335, 000 880, 000 Acre-feet 4,200, 000 0 2, 010,000 5,460,000 2, 950,000 20, 000, 000 1, 390, 000 1,050,000 0 470, 000 Acre-feet 4,030,000 0 1, 979, 000 5,169, 000 2, 550,000 10, 455,000 698, 000 734, 000 0 326,000 Kilowatts 60,000 48,000 54,000 200,000 72,000 800,000 210,000 30,000 100,000 48,000 Total. 48, 555, 000 37,530,000 25, 941, 000 1, 622,000 supporting projects could proceed independent of the basin plan. Insufficient water is available to the upper basin to supply all potential projects. Additional possi- bilities have recently arisen which will require water and power, particularly potential industrial uses in the upper basin for reduction of oil shale, hydrogenation of coal, wood-pulp mills, and other similar operations. Considerable study will be re- quired of the many potentialities before a complete group of participating projects may be chosen that have water requirements compatible with alloca- tions to the States of the upper basin, efficient use of water, and the national interest. Sufficient in- vestigations have been completed, however, to per- mit suggestion of 13 projects for initial construction. Selection was made in cooperation with the States of the upper basin. The projects are those locally most acceptable. Other projects can be selected on the completion of further investigations. Federal self-supporting projects in the upper basin which appear to have prospects for early attention by the Bureau of Reclamation are the Collbran and the Gunnison-Arkansas (initial phase) Projects in Colorado. The Shiprock In- dian Project, New Mexico, also is being made ready for development under laws applicable to irri- gation projects on Indian reservations. The proj- ects suggested by the Bureau of Reclamation for future construction are: Animas-LaPlata Project (La- Colorado-New Mexico (ir- Plata units). rigation). Central Utah Project (initial Utah (irrigation, power). phase). Emery County Project_____Utah (irrigation). Eden Project_____________Wyoming (irrigation). Florida, Project___________Colorado (irrigation). Gooseberry Project________Utah (irrigation). Hammond Project________New Mexico (irrigation). Lyman Project___________Wyoming (irrigation). Paonia Project____________Colorado (irrigation) Pine River Extension Proj- Colorado-New Mexico (ir- ect. rigation). Seedskadee Project________Wyoming (irrigation). Silt Project______________Colorado (irrigation). Smith Fork Project________ do. Acres New land to be irrigated____________________136, 210 Supplemental water on_____________________317,300 Total acreage______________________453,510 Other Elements of Development The principal remaining elements of upper basin development are those relating to watershed man- agement and recreation. The effort needed for watershed management will be great, much beyond that presently applied by the several agencies now responsible for work in the basin. Active soil and moisture conservation programs are now being carried on in the basin by the Bureaus of Indian Affairs, Land Management, 911610-61-----31 459 |
