BOARDSEP03

• Board Meeting Date: 9/22/2003
• Description: Petition to Enforce the Provisions of the Blue River Decree
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Other

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COLORADO-BIG THm.ll'::iU~ l'l:uJEGT

pipe, ~iphons, tunn~ls, :In(~ open cnnnl. It wi!l be cfrt-i~Iy con('C'nlC'd
throll!!h the area authorrzed to be taken lIlt-O Rocky --1\Jollnluin
N ntiollnl Park.
(9) The wllst.e rock from the tunnel is to b~ terraced and lll:ndscnprcl
nnd nll st.ructures c.ol1!1ected ,vith the tundcl will be constructed tn
blr:nd int.o their nnt.nl'lll surroundings.
(10) A power pIn nt known as power plant no. 1 constructed nloll~
t.he Big Thompson HiveI' just below the village of Estes Park utilizill~
the western slope woter.
(11) Four ndditional power plnnts do\vn the Big Thompson ConyolI
to utilize nil availlLble fnll and also aU water available for power in
the Uig Thompson Riycr in addition to the westcrn slope wnlrr
diverted.
(12) A diversion dnm on lli~ Thompson River about 12 miles WI'!'t
oC Lo\"clnnd to divert the watcr bv means of a canal 9 miles in hm::lh
to a storage reservoir known as Carter Lake.
(13) Calter Lnke Hcservoir located 8 miles northwest of BerthonJ,
Coin., t.o store ,,-nter bro\l!!ht over during wint.er mOIlt.hs. "'ntrr ic:
rC'lcnc:"r.d from this rcsnrvoir tht'om:dl a ~ 4-mile cannl into thc Hi!:
Thompson H.i,?cr nnd through 8. 9-niiIe canal into the St. Vraill Hin'r
for irrigntion purposes.
(14) A siphon across the Big Thompson River, 9 miles west of 1..0\''''
Innd, Coio., and a cnnnllO miles in length to convey water frolll III"
fourth power plant to a storage reservoir, located about 5 miles wrslur
Fort Collins, known as Horsetooth Reservoir.
(15) A cannl Cram IIorsetooth Reser,oir to the Cl\che La l'olllln'
Riyer n.nd ext('ndl'd nort,h to a pumping plant which lifts watcr high
en 0 lI!dl to serve the North Poudre Cannl.
(16) A stOrfl[!f\ reservoir nenr the mouth of lluckhorn errrk to I".
kno\\-I\ as Arkilis Hcservoir, supplied from a canal din:,rtillf! froJll IIII'
Big Thompson RiH'r just hrIow the Inst power plnnt. H I::; III I",
lIser! to n.id in bll.ln.llcin~ t.he demands for po"'er and irl'ii!lIfillll. III."
st()J'in~ E''i:CPSS wotcr n\"nibhle in the Big- Thompson Hi\'l'l'. WII'I'''
will he relc:~scd from the resen'oir Cor stlPplcmentnl irrigation ill 1111'
South Pln.tte ore3_
(1 i) Tran:::mission Jines connecting the Valmont stcnm plnnt, or lit,.
Public Srn-iec Co. with nlllhc hydroelectric plants ("ontl'lIlplalt.d. 1I1~1I
conl1('cting with the trnll~mount.nin tUllnf!! portals ulId thl' (;mll".'
nnd Korth Potldre pumping- plnnt.R. The line connecting pnwrr pllllll
no. ] :lI1d Grnnh~' pumping plnnt will nm enst. and south of t,hr Ill/I ",id,.
boundnries of t.he HockV' l\1ountnin N ationnl Park, crossillg' the ('l1n-
tinclltnl 1>i,'idl' nt. UUChnn:1l1 Pnss. ~
In order to carry out the construction, operntion, and Inllilltl'nnll"p
of the project !'IS outlined abJve. it ,,-ill be necessnry to corllpl.\. will.
the foll0'~-iTl!! rCf1l1irem{'nts as n!!rred to b.v rl'prescntn.ti\"l"~ or Ihp
Nlsf.('rn n nd \\"r~t('fn slopes in Colorado and )wre mude IlS a part "r
this report. .

MANNER OF OPERATION OF PROJECT FACILITIES AND A tIX II.U It l'
FEA TURES

The ('.onstruct,ion R.nd operation of this project will chR.ngo 111(' fl'\!i.
men of the Colorado Ri'\"er below the Granby Resen'oir. TII,.
project cont('mplnirs the maximum r.onscr\'Rtion anonse of the wRlm
of the Colorado Hj\'(\r, nod im.olves all of the construction fC'nt"r~