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<br />.--..! <br /> <br />The North and South Side Collection Systems on the western slope collect the high <br />mountain runoff and convey the diverted waters into the inlet portal of the Charles H. <br />Boustead Tunnel. Sixteen diversion structures on the Western Slope are used to divert <br />water into the Project collection system. The system includes eight tunnels with a <br />combined length of 21.5 miles. The 5 mile-long Boustead Tunnel conveys the water from <br />the North and South Collection Systems under the Continental Divide to Turquoise Lake. <br /> <br />The Eastern Slope-Features- Turquoise Lake and Sugarloaf Dam are located <br />just east of the Continental Divide, approximately 5 miles west of Leadville, Colorado. <br />The Lake provides storage capacity for the regulation of Project water delivered from the <br />Boustead Tunnel. <br /> <br />The Mt. Elbert Conduit, a 10.7 mile, 90 inch diameter pipe, coveys water from Turquoise <br />Lake to Mt. Elbert Forebay. The Halfmoon Diversion Dam diverts available flows of <br />Halfmoon Creek into the Mt. Elbert Conduit. Water delivered to the Forebay is used to <br />generate power at the Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage Powerplant. <br /> <br />The Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage Powerplant is located approximately 13 miles southwest <br />of Leadville at the northwest corner of the lower lake of Twin Lakes. The powerplant has <br />two pump-generator units, each with a nameplate capacity of 100 megawatts. <br /> <br />After use at the powerplant Project Water flows into Twin Lakes. From Twin Lakes <br />Project water is released to Lake Creek and the Arkansas River for delivery to Project <br />water users upstream of Pueblo Dam and Reservoir or storage in Pueblo Reservoir. The <br />distance from the confluence of Lake Creek and the Arkansas River to Pueblo Dam is <br />approximately 143 river miles. <br /> <br />Project Water is released from Pueblo Reservoir to the Arkansas River for irrigation and <br />municipal use, to the Fountain Valley Conduit for municipal use by the members of the <br />Fountain Valley Authority, City of Colorado Springs, City of Fountain, Security Water <br />District, Stratmoor Hills Water District, and Widefield Water District; and, to the <br />Bessemer Ditch for irrigation use. Pueblo Reservoir is the terminal storage feature for the <br />Project. <br /> <br />Project Water Rights- <br /> <br />The Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District obtained the water rights for all <br />of the Project facilities except Ruedi Dam and Reservoir. The decree for the North and <br />South Side Collection Systems including Charles H. Boustead Tunel was entered in Civil <br />Action No. 4613 in the District Court in and for the County of Garfield, State of <br />Colorado. The decree is dated August 3, 1959, with a date of appropriation of July 29, <br />1957. The decreed uses are irrigation, domestic, municipal, power, manufacturing, and <br />other beneficial purposes. . . <br />