WSP08564

• File Number: 8147
• Description: Gunnison-Arkansas Project
• State: CO
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 2/27/1951
• Author: CWCB
• Title: Report of Policy and Review Committee with Proposed Principles of Operation
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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resulting from diversions from those streams be prevented by including

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as part of the project "orks of the initial phase an extension of the

Hunter Creek Conduit to the Sout:l Forks of Hunter Creek and tile

enlargement of the tunnel from Chapman Gulch to the east end of thp

Frying Pan-Arkansas Tunnel at an estimated total cost of ~2,179,OOO,

with the understanding that these costs will be shown in the report as

allocated to fish and wildlife purposes. This is based on the theory that

the additional wlter to be collected vlill be available for exchange to the

,Tvlin Lakes Reservoir Rnd Canal Co~p~~y upon execution of appropriate

agreements whereby that. company will refrnin from diverting waters fr:>m

the Roaring Fork River an,,; its tributilries to which it is legally entitled

(wi thout aba"donin; "'w 01 Us right.s thereto) whenever the natural inflow

of the Roaring Fork awi its tributaries nay be only sufficient to maintain

a flow ,equal to, or less than, that recommended as a minimum at Aspen

according, to the schedule submitted by the Fish and ;lildlife Service and

the Colorado Game and Fish Commission.'

Return Flow of Inlport.ed V{ater

_ _ _ _ _ _ _It_.iLrecognized_by _t.he_C,ommi ttee__that_due_to_use_and_~euse_oL_.

return flow the project benefits will be more t.han the first application

of project water. The Engineering Advisory Subcommittee has estimated the ,

water supplies attributR-ble to the project, and it is recommended that the

table included in the Engineering Report of December 30, 19)"", copy of

which is attached hereto, be used as a measure of project irrigation

benefits for the Initial Phase, Gunnison-Arkansas Project.