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1 ~, al . .,r . .....:, - ..,11 . ,00', '~I: 'I ~:'I ,I ;1' " "I I '."1 .>f!1 ;.':,1 ',',' 'I'j 'I' ,I ~ I ' I "11 r 'I: i,! ~I I ::,1 . :'il ;llli :,1 'Iii II ~.:. ,') ." II """".11'1 .' "." I "{ . II I:i I,. .. I 'I "I '" ., 'I: pect~d t(, open bids for the final phase of Pueblo Dam around mid.May, and the bid opening date for Cun- ningham Tunnel had not been established. During the year, Bureau of Reclamation Officials announced the completion of the first phase of Pueblo Dam. ami the c.ompletion of the Boustead Tunnel. The Puehlo Dam phase brought it up from bedrock to rivet grade, and will provide the foundation for the final phase, which will complete the Dam. The com- pletion of the Boustead Tunnel heralded final work on a most complex engineering project, and will en- able the Bureau and the District to transport de.creed waters from the Colorado River Basin to the Arkan- sas River Basin. Work on all olher phases of the Project progressed well, and are included in an Annual Report published by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation. U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS :1, As was mentioned in the section "Testimony Be- fore Congress", District Officials did appear before Appropriation Subcommittees in support of appropri. ations requested by the Corps of Engineers for Pro- jects in the Arkansas River Basin in Colorado, as well as Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The District has no formal contract with the Corps of Engineers, such as it does with the Bureau of Reclamation for the F'ryingpan.Arkansas Project, but has an abiding interest in all water resource projects in the Arkansas River Basin in Colorado. During rhe year 1971, Officials from the District Engineer's Office, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, con- tinued their review of the studies on the "Arkansas Ri....er and Tributaries above John Martin Dam, Colo- rado." An order was issued from the Chief of En- gineers on 27 April, 1971, advising that the previous study had been reviewed by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, and had been rereferred back to the Division and District Offices for additional in. formation and reconsideration. Another Memoran. dum was issued on 14 September, 1971, from the Dis- trict Office, advising the Board of Rivers and Harbors had recommended the local flood control projects at Florence, Portland, Pueblo, La Junta and the urban portion of the Arkansas River at La Junta. The Board also recommended authorization of the Arkansas River Floodway - Brewster to Florence - and, the Fountain Lake Project, subject to the condition that prior to de- tailed design and construction of the Fountain Dam and Lake Project. a detailed study be made of the qual- ity of stream flow in Fountain Creek under conditions prevailing at that time, and including deletion of the 20,000 acre-feet of storage for recreation, if appro. priate. The Board further recommended that the origin- ~; 'I' ally Proposed Arkansas River Channelization Project from Pueblo to Las Animas be restudied, taking into consideration all appropriate structural and nonstruct- ural alternatives for Flood Control and Allied Pur- poses, and the Environmental Impact of such improve- ments; and that the section of the Arkansas River Channelization Project from the mouth of Tempest Creek, to the local Protection Project at La Junta, a distance of approximately seven miles, be authorized for construction for Flood Control and Allied Pur- poses, should the Chief of Engineers determine thM :mch construction could be warranted at the time the Plan for the Environmental Impact study mentioned above, has been formulated. As of December 31, 1971, tIle review and addi- tional data directed by the Chief of Engineers had not been completed, and resubmitted for consideration by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors in Washinglon, D. C. I" , U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROGRAMS The District has been a cooperative Agency with the U. S. Geological Survey, Colorado Water Conser- vation Board and the Colorado State Engineer, for the past twelve years, researching and programming the water resources in the Arkansas River Basin between Buena Vista. and the Kansas Stateline. All data have been committed to either an Analog or Digital Com- puter Program, or to preliminary studies, preparatory to inclusion in such sophisticated projects. Such data will enable water users, the District, State and Federal Water Agencies, to make long-range water plans based upon factual information related to ground and sur- face waters, existing and projected demands, and the wide variables of flood and drought. The investment by the citizens in this District amounts to $30,000 a year. ]11 1970, the Directors voted to expand the orig- inal studies to include the Upper Arkansas, Wet Moun. tain and Fountain River Valleys, in order that addi- tional and much needed data might be obtained re- garding tributary waters to the Arkansas River. Data accumulated will identify the actual amount of ground and surface waters in the area, the relationship of the ground water to surface waters, and will be utilized to perfect a Basinwide Water Management Program. An integral part of this study is a Transportation Loss-Transit Time Study between Twin Lakes and the Colora?o Cana~". in o!der that more scientific and up- dated mformatIon might be had regarding the actual losses of water being transported by the Arkansas River, and the amount of time required to get water from one point to another. This study is absolutely vital to a complete Water Management Program for the entire Arkansas River Basin, and will be of great help to owners of decreed water, as well as those util- izing transbasin waters. ""i" - '~""-;:"-;,:'-r.; "-:.-:;r~-,:: . -;~'-.';"'-," ~:: .. :.". __ ~':;"-";"""::o: "!::'':'''':~:"~_~'~:('" r::: ~~:":. '''':"~~.:y-"::;>,-".-.: