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<br />~t!i!~ <br /> <br />, ,1 <br /> <br />N <br />N <br />00 <br />CJI <br /> <br />(::1:8';;' <br />:;!X!:~/~;: <br /> <br />" .' <br /> <br />-----~ <br /> <br />'f:~f~ <br /> <br />. '~tf.~~~' <br /> <br />4-18-52 <br />The delivery of municipal water to Pueblo and the valley towns <br />would be accomplished from Pueblo Reservoir through construction of <br />a treatment plant and equalizing pond near Pueblo Reservoir and a <br />pipeline extending down the valley to Lamar. Colorado Springs would <br />obtain water from Beaver Creek through their own system and would <br />make repJacement to pesent water users with project water. <br />~'he proposed project works are estimated to cost $147,440,000 <br />on the basis of October 1949 price levels; on January 1952 price <br />levels the cost would be $159,390,000. <br />An analysis of stream flow and climatic records for the 35- <br /> <br /> <br />year period 1911 to 1944 shows that shortages of irrigation water <br /> <br /> <br />would have ranged from a high of.78 percent of diversion requirements <br /> <br /> <br />in 1934 to a low of 3 percent in 1941. The average armual shortage <br /> <br /> <br />would have been 35 percent over the entire period. With the delivery <br /> <br /> <br />of s,\Dplementa.l water by the project, shortages would have been <br /> <br /> <br />entirely eliminated in 50 percent of the years and the average <br /> <br /> <br />annual sllOrtage wou:kl have been reduced to 15 percent of require- <br /> <br /> <br />ments. The measurable annual agricultural benefits resulting from <br /> <br /> <br />project development are estimated to total $2,903,000 based on <br /> <br /> <br />average agricultural prices for the period 1939-44. <br /> <br /> <br />The annual saleable energy which would be produced by the <br /> <br /> <br />proposed project powerplants would amount to 370,000,000 kilowatt- <br /> <br /> <br />hours of firm energy and 97,125,000 kilowa;\lthours of secondary <br /> <br /> <br />energy. There is an adequate market for this energy at rates of 5.5 <br /> <br /> <br />mills for firm and 3.5 mills for secondary energy. The tangible <br /> <br /> <br />benefits resulting from proposed power development would amount to <br /> <br /> <br />$4,064,000. annually. <br /> <br />,;,~~::i':;:: <br /> <br />~{~~;~fr <br />:(:i\'ii~ <br />:';:n!~; <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />;:.~/).;;:.:,' <br /> <br />:~1'~1 <br />tt~!tj <br />~i~1;:~1 <br /> <br />,;.........,. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~~..J(~~$J'iI'll.&f~~VH~:\r~f~A~tif~~Jif,;y;,;Y$1tc <br />