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<br />GRAND JUNCTION DAILY
<br />January 7, 1970
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<br />SENTINEL, Colorado
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<br />"COLORADO SPRINGS , PUE210 SEEK TO TAP RUE:>I WATER"
<br />
<br />By WILLIAM H. NELSON
<br />Sentinel Sta[f WrIter
<br />GLENIVOOD SPRINGS -
<br />
<br />Colorado Springs and Pueblo
<br />have made the lirst move in a
<br />campaign to get more water
<br />from the Colorado West for IIse
<br />east of the Continental Divide,
<br />The Colorado River Water
<br />Conservation Oist of[jle has
<br />received a copy o[ a lelter to
<br />James L. Ogilvie, manager of
<br />the Fryingpan-Arkansas Pro-
<br />ject, inquiring about the possi-
<br />bility o[ diverting 47,800 acre-
<br />_feet of. water annually from
<br />Reudi Reservoir on the Frying-
<br />pan River,
<br />
<br />If P u e b I 0 and Colorado
<br />- Springs -piess the Rlledi propos,
<br />ai, a new chapter in the old
<br />east-west transmountain water
<br />diversion war probttbly will ex.
<br />plode,
<br />The district, those promoting
<br />an oil shale industry, and others
<br />have considered Ruedi as a
<br />lOurce of water thc oil shalc de-
<br />vlopment, for future municipal
<br />and indu,trial uses, and for ad,
<br />ditional agriculture in Coloradu
<br />West
<br />
<br />Few had thought about the
<br />possibility of pumpillg w"ter
<br />from Ruedi to lhe F ryillgpao-
<br />Arkansas because of costs in-
<br />volved. I
<br />The district board must ap- .
<br />pruve any use of water from
<br />Rucdi Reservoir outside the na-
<br />tllral basin. of. the Colorado
<br />River under operating' prin-
<br />ciples. for thc Fryingpan-Ar-
<br />kansos Project T.he Fryingpan
<br />River is a tributary of the
<br />Roaring Fork River, in turn a
<br />tributttiy of the Colorttdo, .' .
<br />The rescr\'oir wa:j bUl'lt' a's a
<br />part of .the Fryinrall,Arknas.s
<br />transmaollntain w~lter divl.::rslon
<br />project. It stores water.(o re-
<br />-place water di'lerted by the
<br />project and for use in Colorado
<br />West
<br />The request will be on the
<br />agenda of the water con~
<br />serv~tion district bomd for its
<br />winter meeting Jan, 20 at tbe
<br />district oflice here,
<br />A letler signed by T, Ellg"ne
<br />McClcary, mayor of Colnrado
<br />Spring:" and Owen (~, McKin-
<br />ney, prt'sidenl of th9 Board of
<br />Watl'r Works of Puehlo, gave
<br />the [olluwing mothemHtics:
<br />
<br />- AI,'erage annual inflow to
<br />the re,::cf\"oir. 125,700 aerc-tcet,
<br />based on records between 1911
<br />and 1957,
<br />- Uses in Coloradn West to
<br />the year 2014, - 34,600 acre-
<br />feel.
<br />- Water requircd for fish
<br />flows, 23,300 acrc,fect
<br />_ Releases for downstream
<br />rights and. replacement for
<br />water di\'erted in times of low
<br />flow to eastern Colorado, 20,000
<br />acre-feel.
<br />- Water available for a
<br />number of years; - 47,800 acre-
<br />leeL
<br />"Considering the probability
<br />01 future augmentation of the
<br />Colorado River, this water
<br />supply may be available on a
<br />permanent basis," the two offi-
<br />cials wrote,
<br />The letter explaincd that ncl-
<br />the r Pueblo nor Colorado
<br />Spnngs wants to take water
<br />away lrom agriculture in the
<br />Ark;ll1sas Valley for mUl1Icip.:l(
<br />and industrial lISCS. Denver
<br />made II similar argument in the
<br />)q,iOs ill support of the Diue,
<br />South Piatte diversions,
<br />
<br />MOHAVE COUNTY HINER, Kingman, Arizona
<br />January 8, 1970
<br />
<br />'3110
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<br />SlIpplcmclltal water {l) be
<br />provided by the fryingp31l-l\r,
<br />kWl::)C:l.S Project will not be st"lf.
<br />fident, the mayors sa\', to l1Ieet
<br />all the demands in the' Arkansas
<br />Valley, I
<br />
<br />The water would be taken to
<br />the Arkansas Valley by pum-
<br />ping up to the colJec!illll system
<br />01 the Fr)"ingpall'Arkansos Pro-
<br />ject.
<br />The two cities propused to
<br />buy tbe wotcr from the Bureau
<br />DC Reclamation.
<br />Proposals for the conservation
<br />district to take over full cuntrol
<br />of the res~r\'nir has been mucle
<br />in thc past, but these may be
<br />dropped since Pueblo and Colo-
<br />rado Springs would probably.
<br />
<br />-prefer to deal with BuRec thall
<br />with the conscrviJtion districl.
<br />Future allgmentation of tile
<br />Color.ldo rivel' from either the
<br />Pac i fie Nl)rthwest or from
<br />Alaska and Canada w'J"ld prob-
<br />abLY be as felr downstrcaJ:1 LIS
<br />Lake Mead,
<br />AllY ad\"[lllliJgc to Colul'~.ll.b
<br />We~L would be through c:\..
<br />change, and replacinc ..":ok!'
<br />lost fronl HtlL'di rl)l" phy::krtl use
<br />in Culorudu Wt.:::it IlIi~l1t Il(~ im-
<br />.,.IIO>s\ble,
<br />
<br />"GIANT ~lATER TOHERS TO CONSERVE COLORADO HATER, PREVENT POLLUTION"
<br />
<br />An elaborate $2~1/2 million, tho sIx rertwufJtl tower:; OVtlr
<br />hatf.mlle long serler, areooling' 1:1l1lC:l'cte-il~"llIf~d 1lI'L'llS hll"
<br />hJwers now under e.un!;truI:t1on: t\\'''I'fI th,' rlvI'!' l\1\!1 ttlll 111I\',0
<br />at the Mohave Power ProjcC't; ....11.',1111 I'!t'f'trlt' l~tllll.'l'utlllr. :;t;\-
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