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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR1976-18 Basalt Water Conservancy District - Missouri Heights Reservoir Enlargement • • RESOLUTION WHEREAS the Board of Directors of the Basalt Water Conservancy District being fully advised concerning the needs for increased water supplies within the geo- graphical area of its District; and WHEREAS the Board of Directors of the Basalt Water Conservancy District being fully advised of the various alternative plans for supplying said need for increased water supplies in part by virtue of the status report issued by the Bureau of Reclamation revised April, 1975, and an independent study of the various alternatives prepared for the Board of Directors of the Basalt Water Conservancy District by the David E. Fleming Company on April, 1975; and 01/ WHEREAS the Board being of the opinion that the various alternatives have been exhaustedly studied and con- sidered by all parties involved, and that action should be taken in the near future to meet the need for increased water supplies. BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Basalt Water Conservancy District are of the mind that the needs for water on the geographical area known as Missouri Heights could best be served by the construction of the project denominated "Missouri Heights Reservoir Enlargement" as presented in the status report issued by the Bureau of Reclamation, April, 1975; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Bureau of Reclamation 411 should consider incorporating into the "Missouri Heights Reservoir Enlargement Plan" some provision for providing adequate municipal water supplies for the areas presently incorporated and areas otherwise presently committed to municipal uses; and 41 t ' • • BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the regulatory and compensatory pools of storage in Ruedi Reservoir should • be used in part to provide a water supply for the above needs and project features, and in remaining part to supply other features of the West Divide Project as it is needed; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Basalt Water Conservancy District believes that substantial benefits could flow from further study of the Home Supply Ditch Enlargement and Extension south of the Roaring Fork River for inclusion in the West Divide Project with a particular eye to increased irrigation supplies, municipal supplies for the municipality of Carbondale, and environmental and recreational benefits through 411 supplementation of Crystal River flows; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Ruedi Reservoir Power Plant and Afterbay, presently being adjudicated by this District and the Colorado River Water Conservation District, should be studied for inclusion in the features of the West Divide Project, being a feasible source for electrical energy which could benefit the entire area of the Basalt Water Conservancy District and the West Divide Water Conservancy District; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the needs of the present Basalt Water Conservancy District would in all probability best be served by incorporating that geographical area within the boundaries of the West Divide Water Conservancy District, and the same should be accomplished with all reasonable dispatch. -2- . • • • VERIFICATION ti I , Scott Balcomb, Secretary of the Basalt Water Conservancy District, hereby state that the foregoing represents a true and accurate copy of the Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Basalt Water Conservancy District passed at their meeting on Mary-18 , 1976. Scott Balcomb, Secretary 111 -3-