. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . dition the lands being irrigated by large private ditches thisvalley contains about 150,000 acres, which are being reclaimed underthe Uncompahgre project of the United States Reclamation greater part of the water for this land will be diverted from Gun-nison River by means of the Gunnison tunnel, which has a capacityof about 1,300 second-feet. The present water rights consume thenormal flow of Uncompahgre River, and the Uncompahgre Valleyproject will divert all the available water from Gunnison River duri
. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . dition the lands being irrigated by large private ditches thisvalley contains about 150,000 acres, which are being reclaimed underthe Uncompahgre project of the United States Reclamation greater part of the water for this land will be diverted from Gun-nison River by means of the Gunnison tunnel, which has a capacityof about 1,300 second-feet. The present water rights consume thenormal flow of Uncompahgre River, and the Uncompahgre Valleyproject will divert all the available water from Gunnison River duringnormal stages. The country is not adapted for large reservoirs, the meadows hav-ing too much fall and the valleys being too narrow, so that construc-tion would be expensive in proportion to reservoir capacity. How-ever, a large number of small reservoirs exist on the Gunnison and itstributaries, which can be advantageously utilized for power. Power plants at present in operation in this basin develop about2,200 horsepower, and unutilized possibilities are very great. The.
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