Anderson Ranch Water Possibilities

AlmERSON RAllCH YATER POOSIBILITIES

Reservoir

Capaci ty-Gralkl Mesa

Amerson #1 and

#2

Amioreon#6 B. A. &

J

.

Bolen

Total storage

Gmlxl

Masa

Reeder

Reservoir

Fim. Stream Flow

1

.

44

sec

.

f't

.

(from

1948

investiga t.ion)

GraDd

Total

900

acre

feet

~

"

293

"

..iOQ

_"

1750 acre

reet

240

aare fee

t

1.W.2

"

3032

acre tee

t

3032

acre

feet x

325

1

850

gallons

per

a

.

r

.

9tr~,m ,200 gallons dividod

"tv

365

da.ya

m

,

m

,

200

ga11 . . 2,

706

,7

86

gall.ou

per dq

'lh1a figure

is

busod an

premise that

all

reservoirs

f i l l and

stream

now

as

ot

1948

.

\le knou

i"rom

.

ob8ervation that in

dry

seasona these reservoira do

not till

to

capacity and

that

tho stream

now

ll1ll

be

loss

than

that

during

1

948

.

(During vintor

of

1951

aJld

1952

stream bas been

rnnn1 ng

a strong

seccmi:l

foot

. )

Estimatirlg that duril:lg

an

excessive:Qr

dry year the

stream fiw

and

reser-voir

f i l l \lill 8lXJllllt to

only

50

per

cent

of'

1

948 stream

now

and

SO

PJZ"

cent

__

fill of

reservoir

capacity

,

1

1

353

1

393 gallona

of uater per day

for the

Dtin --...__ ..._____,_____,

year

vould be available.

(For \later

to

be

cut to tbie

ti~,

the --.scm voul4

bavo

to

be dr;yor tlaD the year 1951, 'tnt Yould proba.ncy be true in 8UOh a~

as

1934. )

or

this w.ter 429,2041100 gallons vould be available

tar

use duat;fng

liiD1l't.M

ot

Apr1l thru October ar an additioml. vater ~or 2 m1111on gallcma per

day far the

eevan

B'UJIIIII8r montha, and an additiaDal. ~

o.t

apprud.ma.~

l/

2

m1 J J

ion gallons per

day thru

the

five vinter months

.

Copt gf' Purghaa1pg pi¥1 Dejp1m?1M Cost at ranch alld water righte

Improve and enlarge Reeder Reservoir

Improvauanta aDd Manpe 1Jl fiwl.i.Da to

acc~te

10 • M.G

.

D

.

Intaka

•t.ruoture

1 chemical fa• dan, val 'YeS,

nonnection

,

engiDeerJ.Dg,

eto

.

200

,

000

.

00

a,

.

ggp

.

oo

-the Collbran

ProJect. It must be remembered that as soon

as

the Collbran Pro-Ject is completed the domestic water user voul.d immediately start 1>qing for 20

second feet of water Yhile for ~robably the first

25

years of the project

do•eatic uae would only be able to utilize less than

SO

per cent of this wter.

!hua

for the first several years of the Collbr.an Project the per acre foot cost

ot water used

by domestic users would be extremely high. {Cost on Collbran

,_.er i• ba:aed on incomolete figures of final cost of ~roject.)

!he most critical time in our ~resent water system occurs in early S"Oring months (koril and ~) before ~ff starts from Grand Mesa. By enlarging Reeder ReserToir to 240 acre feet csnacity, 78 million gallons of water would

be available to cnJT system during April and May. As stream nov from creek

¥111 probably not be needed during winter months, it could be stored 1n Reeder Reservoir duriDg this ~eriod. Reeder Reservoir could again be filled during h • v ruDOff ~eriod of late May and June for use in later summer months.

We have no long-range records of vater produced in the Korth Fork vater

shed, but from the best available information and ~ey ovn observation over the laat

tour

--.er aeasona I believe that

mr

estimate of water available is sOUDd

and oa th6 conservative side.

1.5 ll1111on pllou per dq increase in our present vater supply represents

an

1DCI'-• ot

17i

per

cat

over our

present supply. Correlatinc anticipated

d.AeDd curve aa prepared

b7

~ipton, this increased vater supply would probab}T

aern Graad. JUD.Ction adaquatel7 UDtil about

1965.

(tfbia ia subject to aJJT cowltttou and.. canno~ be arrived at apecificall7.)

I UJMlentaDd that the Oaae Department ia i.ntereated. in the .lnderaon

prop-ert,. 1nlt I would be hea1tant to aake this property' a game preserve as ve would llO~ van' a ~V concentration of dear on thia water ehed if 1 t 11

to

be uaed.

- a do•e•tlc water ahecl. Regardl•• o'! domestic uae of water moat year• ao. waMI' will lie available for • • oa th1• laDd and the propart7 will have co~ at.Ur&'bla

ftl•·

And.eraoa Reserroira

fl.

and

12

are located in the draiuage area of the ma1A fork fd ..._,. Creek &Jid thla ~ter cowl4 be brough'

to

our :preaat 1atake b;r

elllp~ ~it dGIIIl the Creek.

Ba . . er . _ r n l r ta locsW ap~\~ 1800 :tee\ fro• our

nov.

l'er

a T~ ,.,.SMl _ . , th!a --~ oovl4 lte 1t~ed lJl\o

our

'Dreeent flovl1u &Dd

\hla plaa .S.p~ 'be tihe

- . t

eoea..t-.1

tt

tlda

w.

ter were to be ue4 aa auppl~

~