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the United States Government: Year Ad Valorum Tax Water Sales I 1970 5,000 A.F. $ 24,000 C 1972 20,000 A.F. I, C') $145,863 $ 96,000 .. II c.c 1973 11,000 A.F. $157,918 $ 52,800 II.... 1974 18,600 A.F. r~ $183,207 $ 89,280 1975 15,000 A.F. II $205,607 $ 72,000 Iii 1976 10,000 A.F. \1 $221,684 $ 53,808 $914,459 $387,888 PROPOSED MUNICIPAL PIPELINES i II II II II I I II II 'I I I ! . i I I When the Congress of the United States author. ized the construction of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Proj- ecl in 1962, they also determined that two Municipal Pipelines could be built as integral parts of tbe over.alI Project, providing the entities to be served could not construct the Pipelines on their own. A detailed Study was completed in 1968, and the then Secretary of In- terior made a determination that it would be financial- ly impossible for the 46 individual entities to finance the much-needed domestic water pipelines, and he ap- proved their construction as a part of the over-aU Pro- gram. In 1974, representatives from the District joined Officials from the Bureau of Reclamation in testimony before the Congress of the United Stutes, requesting reauthorization of the Project to provide for the eg- ca.lating costs brought" about by annual increases in construction costs, and requirements imposed by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. During the course of those Hearings, the Congress recommend- ed that the Secretary of Interior make another deter- mination to see whether or not the entities could con- struct the Pipelines independeutly of the Project. The District then retained the Consulting Firm of C. H. Hoper and Associates, of Denver, Colorado, to do an Economic Feasibility Study, and after numerous meetings and submissions of voluminous data by Mr. Hoper aud Officials from the United States Bureau of Reclamation, on November 13, 1976, Secretary Thoma~ Kleppe determined aud ruled that the Pipelines would be constructed as an integral part of the Fryingpan. Arkansas Project. During that same time, two Committees were ap- 14 '..,::~...~-'-.?:':: :.: .;;.:,~:::: .:.....;;,'":: ........-ro.-:.~.:..:""' pointed by President Thomas W. McCurdy to do pre- liminary work on both Pipelines and meetings were held with representatives from the entities to begin the necessary legal work to establish Water Authorities which could contract with the District for the repay- ment costs, and also the Bureau of Reclamation com- menced Field Surveys and necessary preliminary work preparatory to construction. i, 5 " .' ''1,' I'- ~( t WATER ALLOCATION 1976 turned out to be one of the driest years of record in the Arkansas River Basin and in the Collec- tion System area, and, as a result, the Bureau was only able to award 10,000 acre-feet of Project Water to the District to meet requests for 68,827 acre-feet. A Special Allocation Committee was appointed by the President to carefully review the requests, and to recommend specific allocations to the Board who made the allo- cations at the April Board meeting. The minimal amount of water available was not only caused by the fact it was an extremely water short year, but also that the Collection System was lIot complete. The awarding of the Morman and Carter Tunnel contract and the pending completion of Hunter Tunnel will improve the situation greatly in the next three years, and the District will then have the annual average of 69,200 acre. feet of water to allocate. WINTER STORAGE PROGRAM f. 1976 will go down in the history of the District and the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project as a very signifi- cant year, because on February 29 the first voluntary Winter Storage Program was successfully completed. During the many years of testimony before the Con- gress of the United States, representatives from the ~ ~ i. " I'. . i ~ Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage Powerplant 15 . .~-'~ ~:.~..:. '.::; :::.... .'.' '';";..?:':r''. -.;:'~~::,: ::' .:'..,:.,.., ...~~."'.. . . ..' ,. ,;.