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<br />vv v <br /> <br />DD's')'O <br /> <br />water supply of the Eastern Slope area 15 by diver,ion of' water fran <br /> <br />the Cola-lldo kiver tlaa1n. It must be er:,pbalized Ullt t~ addititJnal <br /> <br /> <br />water su.pply rore oontemplated 15 to be used for.. supplemental supply <br /> <br /> <br />and not to create.. lar&o XWtW additional irrigated a~reage. <br /> <br />Power <br /> <br />Tho hydroeleotrio pcwer- resouroe8 of the EaatorD Slope are rela- <br /> <br />tlvely undeveloped ... only 9.420 kilowatts of ~d.roe1ectr1c pnerating <br /> <br />oapacity are installed at present repreaent~ ODq a small part of <br /> <br />the potential aval111ble. Powor o~iIl6d frOlll l\Ydroeleotrlc plants oon- <br /> <br />.-titute" only about 11 percent of' the electricity gener..ted. on the <br /> <br />Eastern Slope. Electric power requ1rco.ents are greater than the quontlty <br /> <br />generated 10. the projeot 8.rea. enl the deficit la being supplied rrom <br /> <br />plantS out,ide the area. Additional power 1_ needed for pro&ent local <br /> <br />conaw.:ptlon. Industrial expe.oslon is d.ependent upon the availability <br /> <br />of large blocks of firm po_r at re",sonable rates. lirom.. conaerVlltion <br /> <br />.taodpo1.J:rt, the h;ydroelectric ecerg that oould potent1a.lly bet gener&ted <br /> <br />by the Initial De"t'elopDI".t 1n tha Arkan.... \alley .hould be conawmrated <br /> <br />in order that the diminishing reserve. of" gas, oil, aDd ooal_ neM' uBod <br /> <br />for 89 percent of all electric p01lll8r generation in tho area may be oon- <br /> <br />served &Dd converted locally 1tr. 1tr.orea.ed quantit101 to more strategic <br /> <br />usee.About 1,500,000 barrels of '1\1el oil alom could be oonserved annualy <br />throuch utlliut ion of ~roeleotric energy e;enecollted by the potential project. <br />The principal p0WW3r market area that would be 8.rvud by the Inlt1al <br /> <br />Denlopment is the State of Colorado east or the CoIItinental Divide. t~s <br /> <br />16 <br />