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<br />. <br /> <br />4) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Box Elder Sanitation District also has a treatment <br />plant completed in early 1976 on the East side of the Poudre <br />near Box Elder Creek. This is a small district not <br />'associated with the city of Ft. Collins. It services the <br />area just east of the city. <br />The Ft. Collins Power Plant is located on the Poudre <br />River at College Street. This plant generated electricity <br />for the city from 1937 to 1974. The plant was closed when <br />the city discovered it could purchase electricity cheaper <br />than it could produce it. <br />The building is now empty and plans for its future <br />are uncertain (37). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Watson Lake and Fish Rearing Unit <br />Watson Lake and the Fish Rearing Unit are operated by <br />the Colorado Department of Game, Fish and Parks. The fish <br />rearing unit is only one part of the Bellvue Watson Complex. <br />At this unit Rainbow trout are raised from a 4" or 6" size <br />to "catchable" or about 9". <br />Trout from here are then used to stock lakes and <br />streams throughout northeastern Colorado. The majority, <br />however, are put in lakes. Approximately 600,000 <br />catchable fish from this rearing unit are stocked yearly. <br />Rainbow trout are reared because they are easy to <br />raise in hatcheries. They will grow in size more quickly <br />than other types of trout. These fish are grown to be <br />caught. While at the rearing unit they are fed four times <br />daily and are not fed before stocking. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />