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PATENT PENDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY DIVERTING WATER AND PROVIDING PEAK HYDROELECTRIC POWER x CCP’s newly developed Colorado River Compact entitlements can conserve and optimize use of damaging spring flood flows for Upper Gunnison Basin - of - origin needs. These local needs inclu de flood control, and optimized river flows for droughts, growth, irrigation, and recreation; x CCP will provide managed optimal flows for Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and the Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program. Lake Union Park ca n also become a world destination Lake Trout fishery; x Water productivity multipliers from CCP can reverse regional water shortages from urban growth, which are escalating loss of irrigated Western farms and green valleys; x CCP’s integrated regional capabi lities obviate current local proposals to develop non - integrated Colorado conditional use and reuse water rights, that would excessively deplete West and East Slope rivers to less than 50% of historic native flows; x During long wet cycles, CCP’s pumped - sto rage infrastructure can be used to recharge declining Western ground water reserves, including the vital Ogallala, Denver, and San Luis aquifers; x CCP’s high - altitude pumped - storage concept can reduce regional evaporation losses. For example, projected ann ual evaporation from the largely frozen 7.8 square mile surface of Lake Union Park is about 1½ feet vs. up to 7 feet from hot desert storage sites. The West is losing a large portion of its finite renewable water supplies to evaporation from low - altitude r eservoirs; x CCP’s high storage and responsive water regulation capabilities can be used by Colorado and down river states to assure equitable development and maximum productivity from their respective interstate compact entitlements. Snowmelt and rain from Colorado’s high mountain te rrain generates a large potion of all renewable waters that flow in the Southwestern Region’s five major river systems. All down - river states can gain from CCP’s flexible headwater storage in Colorado; x Water conservation, produ ctivity, and regulating advancements from CCP can offset potential adverse impacts from global warming, while reducing long - term renewable energy and water costs for Western consumers. FLOOD AND PUBLIC SAFETY BENEFITS Recent Department of Interior and B ureau of Reclamation dam safety studies [3, 4, 5] predict Taylor Park, Blue Mesa, and Pueblo Dams could suddenly fail with floods above 55% of the projected Probable Maximum Flood (PMF). In addition to the high hydrologic or flood failure risk (inadequate spillway capacity and possible overtopping of the structure), Taylor Park Dam may also fail during a moderate seismic event that could liquefy materials in the embankment or foundation. Considering the hazards at all three dam locations, a n estimated 16,00 0 lives are currently at risk. The above referenced “Feasibility Level Geological and Geotechnical Investigations, and Preliminary Design Studies for Union 4