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PATENT PENDING <br />SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY DIVERTING WATER AND <br />PROVIDING PEAK HYDROELECTRIC POWER <br />altitude, off - river, pumped - storage concept is an environmen tal and economic <br />breakthrough for the Western Region’s vital renewable energy and water supply industries. <br />KEY FEATURES <br />Union Park Reservoir, to be located off - river near the Continental Divide in Gunnison <br />National Forest, is a key feature of CCP’s advan ced Western energy and water <br />conservation concept. Recent “Feasibility Level Geological and Geotechnical <br />Investigations, and Preliminary Design Studies for Union Park Dam” [1, 2] confirmed that <br />this 575 - feet - high structure can safely store up to 1.2 milli on acre - feet of water (Colorado’s <br />largest reservoir) for the region’s highest priority energy and water needs. Construction of <br />Union Park’s modern roller compacted concrete (RCC) dam can be completed in <br />approximately 18 months. The dam’s estimated construc tion cost is 395 million dollars, <br />which is only 330 dollars per acre - foot of multi - purpose storage. <br />Union Park Reservoir will employ a 42 - mile inverted gravity siphon to augment the South <br />Platte and Arkansas River Basins, when necessary, for high priori ty human and <br />environmental needs. A Poncha Pass Branch of this siphon will augment the Rio Grande <br />Basin, when needed, for similar priority purposes. A reversible lateral siphon will <br />2 <br />