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<br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />ColorRdo Willto' CotrseTPlJtion BOR.nI <br />Deptutment of Natund Res(1Jl1'US <br />1313S11a1na:nStrftl.Rooat.721 <br />I:/ftIwr.CoI<Jqdo8O';llD <br />Phonr.pa3)lI66-34tl <br />FAX: (3ln) 866-+17.f <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />M_IO,2000 <br /> <br />Bid 0-... <br />Gao_ <br /> <br />o <br />t..:l <br />CoO <br />r-.:l <br /> <br />u. S. Department of the Interior <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />Bastcm Colorado Area Office <br />11056 West Co1IDly RD 18E <br />Loveland, Colorodo 80537-9711 <br /> <br />Grez;E.W~ <br />&e:utilteOtn:aor <br /> <br />f'letI!I"H.E......... <br />CWOI"""",, <br /> <br />AnN: EC-1350 <br /> <br />o.nJ.kA1ililfe <br />Deputy~lIO" <br /> <br />Subject: Comments on Droll BA and FONS~ Connection to South Outlet Works and <br />Pipe~ Convc:yance Agreement, and "If and Whe:o" Storage at Pueblo Dam and <br />Reservoir, Ftyingpan-Arlcansas Project, Colorado <br /> <br />The Colorado WafJ::r Conservation Board (CWCB) supports the actions proposed by the <br />Board of Wa1er Works of Pueblo~ Colorado (Pueblo Board) to store up to 15.Q(M) acre. <br />feet per year of non-project water in Pueblo Reservoir on an "'if and when" basis &Dd to <br />build and opcr81e a pipeline from Pueblo Dam. to the Pueblo Board's Comanche Pump <br />Station and the Whitlock Water Treatmc:J1: Plant. We believe that the Draft <br />Environmenlal Assessment (BA) and Droll P-mding of No Significant Impact (FONS!) <br />issued by the United Sta1es Depmtmcnt of the Interior, Bureau. of Rt:clamation (USBR), <br />in February 2000 fully address the c:nviromneota1 effects of the proposed actions and <br />comedy conclude that "Adverse effects to the environment caused by this action wiD be <br />short-term and ill5ignificant following implemeotdion of the coDSelVation <br />recomm.-M.til)QS JI~ld el!yironmental commibneots..." (FONSI, p. 4). <br /> <br />9_ <br /> <br />9. Comment noted. <br /> <br />10. <br /> <br />10. Comment noted. <br /> <br />Doring _ periods of _ wale< demand by Pueblo =idents. 1he Pueblo <br />BaanI cum:01ly nmst call for re1c3ses from upper basin resc:rvoirs of the Fryingpan- <br />AJbD3as Project (Clear Creek. Twm Lakes, and Twquoise). with 1he fotlowing <br />COII5OqOCDCeS- <br /> <br />'ncreased summer demand fnm re:sidentiaI digation and ficIde weather <br />sometimes work together to produce system i.lelfQe.q. Without Pi and when' <br />space ... Puebll) Reserv<m'. the [Pueblo) Bl:a'd releasee; water from the ~ <br />ba;in reservoirs to meet stlorl-4enn i'laeases S'l dtmald. Travel time for" !he <br />W8Ier from Ihe upper ba:D1 reservoir$ to the Boanfs Intakes ranges from 30 to 40 <br />hotn._ if it. rar.s sfter water is released fn:m Ile upper ~ reservon. but before <br />. reaches tie Board's kdakes., demand for residential Irrigation water faDs <br />dramalIcaIly. There is no Wily 10 stop this wa_ once it. has been reteased fmm <br />th& upper- basin reservon for later use unms ~ is BVaiIabIe between those <br />reservon and the Boanfs Intakes.. ., 1tMn Is no storage $paCe, the BoanI is <br />fon:ed to use that water even ~ the I3ca11s diBCt ftow lil#dS could have <br />met the demand. As a reslJt, sb:lred water is used UIll_ i1,." (EA. 1'". 2) <br />