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<br />Assume that all water which can be diverted during the spring run- <br />off does not b€::long to senior appropriators. usingonly the months <br />of May and June. For obtaining the percent of water flowing at <br />this time of the total for th,~!.e~r~ tiz,!?~jar.a.ver;~,~e y~ear, 1953, is <br />used. In May and June. 103.460 acre-feet of runof.l occurred at <br />the South Forf. gage out of a total of 190.870 acre-feet for the year, <br />Il!, .. ,':-' ",', w;1 I: ,'- <br />or 54 percent. . .. - <br /> <br />The controlled water, 95 percent of the total, accruing to the pro- <br />ject in the Colorado hiver Basin annually is 72.670 acre-feet; in- <br />cluding Deep Creek wat'er from Area 1 and all the water from <br />Areas 2 and 3. <br /> <br />Of this amount, 54 percent, or 39.240 acre-feet. would occur <br />during the spring runoff and could be claimed as project water <br />regardless of whether it is stored or .passed directly through the <br />Dotsero Power plant . <br /> <br />'\rVater a~'ailable for sale as a water delivery service is then: <br /> <br />Area <br /> <br />Acre- <br />feet <br /> <br />Colorado Eiver Basin <br /> <br />39,380 <br /> <br />South Eork of White ftiver 3asin (94.940 x 95%) <br /> <br />90,190 <br /> <br />'lOC"AL . <br /> <br />129,570 <br /> <br />l,'c 't: * * * <br /> <br />[, <br /> <br />2115 <br /> <br />POTENTIAL MARKETS <br /> <br />Power <br /> <br />'"["he Public Service Company of Colorado is the b~st potential <br />customer for the Sweetwater Hydroelectric Projectts power pro- <br />duction. This company retails power. owns many stream and <br />hydroelectric powerplants in Colorado. and operates an extensive <br />interconnected transmission system serving a large area in cen- <br />tral Colorado. One of their plants. the Shoshone hydroelectric <br />plant with a design capacity of 15.000 kilowatts. is located on the <br />Colorado River 10 miles downstream from the Sweetwater Project. <br />Seventeen miles of transmission line would connect the Dotsero <br />Powerplant with the 115. OOO-volt transmission line from the <br />Shoshone plant. The P .:blic Service Company's interest in the <br />Sweetwater Project would be enhanced by the fact that water re- <br />leased to the river by the Swee1.water Powerplant could be used by <br />their Shoshone plant to increase its generation. Anotner potential <br />power customer would be the United States Bureau of -,.teclamation. <br />whose closest transmission line is 35 miles from the Sweetwater <br />Project. <br /> <br />There are numerous towns and villages within 20 to 100 miles of <br />the Sweetwater Project. The Climax Mine. largest molybdnum <br />mine in the world. is approximately 70 miles to the southeast. <br />Large steam plants. owned by the Public Service Company of <br />Colorado. are located at Denver. 160 miles to the east of the <br />Sweetwater Project. Large hydroelectric plants of the Bureau <br />of ::':':'eclamation I s Colorado- Big Thompson 'project are located <br />approximately 110 mil.es to the northeast. The nearest Colorado <br />River storage project powerplant presently authorized is Flaming <br />Gorge. approximately 200 miles to the northwest. Only the Sho" <br />shone and Green Mountain plants. with an aggregate capacity of <br />37.600 kilowatts. are in this large area to furnish hydroelectric <br /> <br />17 <br />