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<br />1162 <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />diversions for !>lored'ndent -use during-t-he- irrication' seas;n-.~ This <br /> <br />matter was discussed 11i th the various Arkansas Valley interests and as <br /> <br />8viuenced by appropriate resolutions, the people in the Arkansas Valley <br /> <br />have exrressed a willingness to execute the necessary agreenents to permit <br /> <br />the more d'ficient use of water now being diverted to their lands in the <br /> <br />winter mouths by storing such water in the Pueblo Reservoir. <br /> <br />Simi:j.ar rer,olutions Ylere adopted by the laca). interests with <br /> <br />respect to the storage, where possible, in project reservoirs" in lieu of <br /> <br />inland reservoirs which h~ve large evaporating areas. <br /> <br />The Committee agrees that th~ arrangements to secure more efficient <br /> <br />use of Arkansas River water and of flood watGrs to the extent tb at th8Y can <br /> <br />be conserved are desirable and rccotnr.'.ends that the project be planned to' <br /> <br /> <br />attain these objecti,v0s. It was recoenized that agreements "ill reed be <br /> <br />executed to effectuate these uses. <br /> <br />Power Production <br /> <br />To assist in financine the project and to gcollerate finn energy <br /> <br />needed in the Arkansas Valley, the Rro,j(;'.cJ contemplates_!!_sys_ten_of_p,ower___ <br />-----~---------_.-- <br /> <br />conduits and puwer plants located in the upper Arkansas Vellley to dev810p <br /> <br />the power head between the outlet of the Frying Pan-Arkansas Tunnel and <br /> <br />Salida. The successful operation of Ulis power system requires the with- <br /> <br />holding of certain quantities of storage for power purposes at tbe end of <br /> <br />the irrigation season in the Sugar Loaf and Twin Lakes Reservoirs in order <br /> <br />to insure the availability of water for firm power production in the winter <br /> <br />months. Storage so released is to be re-regulated in the P~~hl~ Reservoir <br /> <br />and exchanged during the l' ollowing season for storage in ti,,,, upstream <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />, :,It- <br />