The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's mission is to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public. Among the many structures under its care is the Animus-La Plata water project. The Animus-La Plata water project included the construction of a 280 cubic feet per second (7.9m~3s) pumping plant on the Animus River just south of downtown Durango, Colorado, and an underground pipeline to carry water from the pumping plant to an off-stream reservoir, Lake Nighthorse, at Ridges Basin Dam, southwest of Durango.
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