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<br />could be introduced into any Front Range stream without causing degradation <br />to any stream along fioont range <br />Re: Routing: South, Middle, North: pump at 2000 cfs; reservoirs near <br />Maybell; <br />North north of Zirkel ...middle: south of Zirkel; south...underneath Rabbit <br />Ears... <br />Over to .. .Barr lake <br />Southern alignment: advantage is this would provide for growth in Steamboat <br />Three hundred thousand ac ft of water, some say this would be what is left in <br />the compact of CO, moving five hundred cfs constantly, keep pipe line <br />moving constantly; <br />Executive Summary includes: Cost comparison, details of the three hundred <br />thousand acre ft project, Two Phase project, Schedule <br />No singular entity can do this project by itself; State of CO water <br />project... where state finances it then over years sell ownership; state would be <br />forward funding the project to be repaid later by participants <br />Conclusions: <br />Economically feasible <br />Project provides a viable alternative to ag dry up because the cursory numbers <br />from SWSI II show in excess of twenty thousand ac ft <br />Five basins could be served: Yampa, Northern Platte, South Platte, Arkansas, <br />Colorado <br />Will meet cas needs into 21 st century <br />Will require cooperation <br />Will only take Yampa river water that is currently flowing out ofthe state <br />(Colorado river example: exchanges; Winter Park as example; Denver Water <br />does not divert from Moffat tunnel in exchange for developer giving Denver <br />ac ft from this project) <br />Further: WY ... if WY wanted to develop their entitlement of the <br />Compact.. . could be delivered via North Platte <br /> <br />How received in Yampa? Mixed: Town Mgr ofCraig...great idea, reservoir; <br />But wants smaller reservoirs <br />Steamboat hates it; <br />Must give something to basin of origin. <br /> <br />Tom Iseman: re: free flow of river for fish? <br />Eric: Considered in the study to extent ofleaving 1000 cfs in bypass; ifproject <br />were to go forward would have to stay out of river for week or <br />. . . could be done with side channel diversions. . . <br />Reservoirs totally off stream for purpose of no obstmction in channel that <br />would inhibit migration; <br /> <br />Hecox: Rafters concern and any conversations with people in NOlth Platte in <br />terms of routing of pipe lines have to be addressed. <br /> <br />6 <br />