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<br />Drawing No.1. page 2. shows the project location in the north- <br />western portion of the state and the location of Colorado1s oil shale <br />deposits. Drawing No.2. page 8. Overlay !IAII~ shows the prp- <br />ject plan over the Geological Survey topographic map. Overaly <br />"BI! shows the project drainage areas. Drawing No. 3~ page 9. <br />shows a diagramatic profile of the project. <br /> <br />The principal storage feature for the project is Meadows Reservoir <br />to be constructed on the South Fork of the White River. The dam <br />for this reservoir would be 243 feet high. The stream bed at the <br />dam site is at elevation 9010; the maximum water surface in the <br />reservoir would be elevation 9240; the crest of the dam would be <br />at elevation 9253. f3 feet being required for surcharge and free- <br />board. Water from Wagonwheel Sreek. Patterson Creek. Deep <br />Creek~ the South Fork of the 'White River ~ Sweetwater Creek. <br />Dry Sweetwater Creek. and Turret Creek would be stored in this <br />reservoir. <br /> <br />The South Fork flows normally into the Meadows Reservoir site. <br />Pipelires would conduct \iVagonwheel Creek and Patterson Creek <br />water to it. Deep Creek would be diverted into Buck Creek by a <br />SiB-mile tunnel. The water would then flow down Buck Creek into <br />Meadows Reservoir. Pipelines are planned to conduct Dry Sweet- <br />water Creek. Sweetwater Creek. and Turret Creek to a pressure <br />conduit consisting of the Plateau Tunnel and the Sweetwater Con- <br />duit. The water would enter the conduit under sufficient pressure <br />to force the flow westward to be stored in Meadows Reservoir; or. <br />when the flow is reversed by the control system~ in the opposite <br />direction to generate power at the Sweetwater and Dotsero Power- <br />plants. Normally, these streams will be directed into Meadows <br />Reser". oil' only for a short while during the spring runoff. Most <br />of the year. water will flow under pressure from Meadows <br /> <br />() 1 (' ':' <br />t:., ,."d <br /> <br />heservoir through the 4-mile Plateau Tunnel and the 3. 5-mile <br />Sweetwater Conduit to the Sweetwater Powerplant. The project <br />profile. Drawing No. 3 ~ page 9. shows this pressure system. <br /> <br />The Sweetwater Powerplant would have a head varying from 1.345 <br />feet to 1,490 feet. depending upon the level of the water in Meadows <br />:rteservoir. The average head for the dry 20-year period of study <br />from 1934 to 1953. inclusive. would have been 1,398 feet. This <br />powerplant would discharge into Sweetwater Lake. which would be <br />raised from its present elevation of 7710 to 7748 to afford after- <br />bay storage. After reregulation in this after bay . the water would <br />flow through the Irrawaddy Conduit to the Dots3ro Powerplant <br />where it would be discharged into the Colorado River. The Irra- <br />'waddy Conduit is planned to be a pressure system. The Dotsero <br />Powerplant would have a total head of 1.523 feet from eleva- <br />tion 77<)8 to 6225. <br /> <br />The statistics of various projec(features are given in the following <br />table. <br /> <br />* * * * * <br /> <br />* * * * * <br /> <br />5 <br />