SPDSS_Task5_KeyStructure_AlvaBAdamsTunnel

• Title: SPDSS Task 5 - Key Structure, Alva B. Adams Tunnel
• Description: The Alva B. Adams Tunnel has been identified as a key structure for the South Platte Decision Support System ‎(SPDSS)‎ consumptive use and surface water modeling efforts. The purpose of this Task 5 memorandum is to document physical, legal, and operational aspects of those key structures identified.
• Decision Support - Doc Type: Task Memorandum
• Date: 5/7/2004
• DSS Category: Surface Water
• DSS: South Platte
• Basin: South Platte
• Contract/PO #: C153954
• Grant Type: Non-Reimbursable
• Bill Number: SB01-157, HB02-1152, SB03-110, HB04-1221, SB05-084, HB06-1313, SB07-122
• Prepared By: Leonard Rice Engineering

Where to find more information
^ Specifics relating to the data collection and filling processes used in the determination of
the best source of data are presented in the SPDSS Task 4 Memorandum -Identify and
Fill/Resolve Conflicting Records for Key Transmountain Diversion Structures.
^ Additional information on ditch and reservoir operations within Water District 4 is
presented in the Water District 4 Meeting Notes prepared for SPDSS Task 3 -Identify
Key Diversion Structures.
^ Additional information regarding the operating practices for Northern Colorado Water
Conservancy District (NCWCD) and key diversion structures and reservoirs owned by
NCWCD is presented in the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
Memorandum prepared for the SPDSS Task 5 -Key Structures.
COMMENTS AND CONCERNS
None.
REFERENCES
1. Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District web-site: http://www.ncwcd.org
2. Tyler, Daniel. The Last Water Hole in the West. University Press of Colorado. Niwot,
Colorado. 1992.
United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. The Story of the Colorado-
Big Thompson Project. United States Government Printing Office. Washington. 1968.
4. United States Department of the Interior, Water and Power Resources Service. Project Data.
United States Government Printing Office. Denver. 1981.
5. Water Right Data. Division of Water Resources. http://water.state.co.us/
6. Winchester, John N. 2001. A Historical View: Transmountain Diversion Development in
Colorado. Technical paper presented at: Trans Basin Water Transfers, Proceedings of the
2001 Water Management Conference, US Committee on Irrigation and Drainage. June 27 -
30, 2001.
7. Photos.
http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.~ov/rmnp/alva phys.html
http://www.ncwcd. orb/proj ect&features/East_Portal 1. asp
http://www.ncwcd.or~/proj ect&features/West Portal.asp
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