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1.3. Water Resources Development <br />The Upper Colorado River basin has had substantial water resources developments in the form of <br />storage projects and pipelines developed by private groups and federal agencies. Table 1.1 presents <br />a timeline of key developments within the basin. <br />Table 1.1 <br />Key Water Resources Developments <br />Date Project (West Slope Reservoirs) Agency <br />1882 Grand Valley Irrigation Canal Grand Valley Irrigation Company <br />1890 Grand River Ditch Water Su 1 and Stora e Com an <br />1915 Grand Valle Pro~ect United States Bureau of Reclamation <br />1919 Orchard Mesa Irrigation District Orchard Mesa Irrigation District <br />1935 Independence Pass Transmountain Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal <br /> Diversion S stem (Grizzl Reservoir) Com an <br /> <br />1936 Fraser River Collection System (Meadow <br />Denver Water Board <br /> Creek Reservoir, Williams Fork Reservoir) <br /> Colorado-Big Thompson Project (Grand <br /> Lake and Shadow Mountain Reservoir, <br />1938 Granby Reservoir, Willow Creek Reservoir, United States Bureau of Reclamation <br /> Green Mountain Reservoir, Windy Gap <br /> Reservoir) <br />1940 Williams Fork Diversion Project (Williams Denver Water Board <br /> Fork Reservoir) <br /> Continental-Hoosier Diversion System <br />1948 (Upper Blue Lakes, Wolford Mountain City of Colorado Springs <br /> Reservoir, Homestake Reservoir) <br />1959 Williams Fork Reservoir Denver Water Board <br />1961 Homestake Diversion Project (Homestake City of Colorado Springs - <br /> Reservoir) City of Aurora <br /> Collbran Project (Vega Reservoir, Bonham <br />1963 Reservoir, Big Creek Reservoirs, Leon United States Bureau of Reclamation <br /> Creek Reservoirs, Cottonwood Creek <br /> Reservoirs) <br /> Blue River Diversion System (Dillon <br />1964 Reservoir, Williams Fork Reservoir, Denver Water Board <br /> Wolford Reservoir) <br />1968 Silt Project (Rifle Gap Reservoir, Harvey United States Bureau of Reclamation <br /> Ga Reservoir) <br />1972 Fryingpan-Arkansas Project (Ruedi United States Bureau of Reclamation <br /> Reservoir <br />1995 Wolford Mountain Reservoir Colorado River Water Conservation <br /> District <br /> Colorado River Water Conservation <br />TBA Wolcott Reservoir District <br />Section 2 provides a detailed description of all the modeled water resources developments within the <br />basin. <br />Upper Colorado River Basin Information 1-5 <br />