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OPERATIONS <br />A& <br />We all firmly <br />believe that <br />Colorado has a <br />great future and <br />projects like <br />Windy Gap will <br />increase that future. <br />79 <br />Chris Jouflas, former <br />Colorado River Water <br />Conservation District <br />president <br />The Windy Gap <br />Project is operated <br />from a control center <br />located at the Farr <br />Pumping Plant at Lake <br />Granby. The center is <br />staffed 24 hours a day <br />365 days a year. A <br />state-of-the-art, comput- <br />er-based supervisory <br />control and data acqui- <br />sition (SCADA) system <br />allows remote monitor- <br />ing, operation and con- <br />trol of the Windy Gap <br />Project. Conveying oper- <br />ational information <br />through a microwave <br />communication link, the <br />SCADA system helps <br />maximize the amount of <br />water being diverted <br />while minimizing the <br />cost of power for pump- <br />ing and complying with <br />constraints contained in <br />the Settlement <br />Agreement. <br />Should the Farr control <br />center be rendered <br />inoperative during an <br />emergency, operations <br />would automatically be <br />transferred to the back- <br />up control center at the <br />Subdistrict's Loveland <br />office. The plant would <br />automatically shut down <br />should the backup con- <br />trol system fail. Windy <br />Gap can also be operat- <br />ed manually on-site if <br />necessary. <br />1 6 WINDY GAP PROJECT <br />Control panels at the Farr Pumping Plant