Ridges Basin Dam, which started as a hole in the ground in 2003, stood 165 feet high at 75 percent along. Overall, the $500 million A-LP is 46 percent complete...The pumping station on the Animas River near Santa Rita Park that will fill the reservoir is 65 percent complete. The A-LP is a settlement of American Indian water-rights claims. The dam, which will top out about 110 feet higher, will create a 120,000 acre-foot reservoir, named Lake Nighthorse in honor of former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Ignacio...Lake Nighthorse is scheduled to start filling in 2009 and to be full about two years later. The entire project is scheduled to be done about 2012.

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