Major project works include Vega Dam and Reservoir, two powerplants, two major diversion dams, about 37 miles of canal, and about 18 miles of pipeline and penstock.
Electrical energy is generated for use in west-central Colorado.
Supplemental irrigation service is furnished to approximately 21,000 acres. The Collbran Project, in west-central Colorado, has developed, for multiple purposes, a major part of the unused water in Plateau Creek and its principal tributaries.