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<br />0007 <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The Rocky Mountain States are the source of <br />most of the major river systems of the Western <br />United States IPennak, 1963 1124]'). One of <br />these systems is the Arkansas River, which <br />begins On the east slope of the continental divide <br />in central Colorado (fig. 1 I, and a portion of <br />which is used in the Bureau of Reclamation's <br />Fryingpan-Arkansas Project Ifig. 2). The Frying- <br />pan-Arkansas Project provides irrigation. <br />municipal and industrial water. recreation. and <br />flood control, and will provide power generation <br />upon completion of the Mt. Elbert Pumped- <br />Storage Powerplant. The project diverts water <br />from the Fryingpan River drainage on the west- <br />ern slope and delivers it to Turquoise lake on the <br /> <br />) <br />l <br />'--........ I' <br />...... \ <br />\ <br />I <br />) <br />I <br />~o * Denver <br />J Georgetown <br />/ <br />Leadville <br /> <br />1 Numbers in brackets refer to entries in bibliography. <br /> <br />Q"" <br />- <br /> <br />:> I <br />- I <br />" ( <br />.J. '\ <br />4. \ <br />I- \ <br />z \ <br />I4J \ <br />.....<' \. - <br />I... ' <br />~ I") <br /><J 1'/ <br /> <br />,,-_.......) <br />1........ <br />-.......... <br />'- <br /> <br /> <br />eastern slope through the Charles H. Boustead <br />Tunnel. Water is also transferred to Turquoise <br />lake by Busk-Ivanhoe and Homestake Project <br />diversions. This water is then released down <br />lake Fork which carries it to the Arkansas River. <br />In addition, water is transferred to the eastern <br />slope by the Twin lakes Reservoir and Canal <br />Company's diversion system from the Roaring <br />Fork River drainage. This water enters Twin <br />lakes and is released to the Arkansas River by <br />way of lake Creek. These diverted flows. plus <br />the natural drainage, combine to provide the <br />total flow of the upper Arkansas River. <br /> <br />The upper Arkansas River (fig. 31 is located in <br />Colorado's "Front Range Mineral Belt." a large <br />geographical area of Colorado centered at <br />Georgetown and extending southwest-north- <br />east from abol,lt leadville to Boulder. The area is <br /> <br />o Boulder <br /> <br />STUDY <br /> <br />AREA <br /> <br />4/C./r"-4NSAS RIVER <br />Pueblo <br /> <br />COLORADO <br /> <br />Figure 1. - Location of study area. <br />