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WATER FOR THE FUTURE <br />Windy Gap was born <br />out of an effort <br />starting in the summer <br />of 1967 when <br />Longmont Mayor Ralph <br />Price filed for water <br />rights for a water stor- <br />age project on the <br />Colorado River. Price <br />was acting as trustee <br />for a coalition of six <br />northern Colorado <br />cities-Boulder, Estes <br />Park, Fort Collins, <br />Greeley, Longmont and <br />Loveland. The project <br />they jointly considered <br /> <br />..ten-Tw?`?? <br />The spillway at Windy Gag) Reservoir is 345 feet long and can discharge <br />32,000 cfs at capacity <br />was located at a local <br />natural geologic cut <br />called Windy Gap, locat- <br />ed just below the con- <br />fluence of the Colorado <br />and Fraser rivers. The <br />cities envisioned that <br />Windy Gap would pro- <br />vide "water for the <br />future." They also <br />regarded it as a partial <br />solution for meeting the <br />water supply needs of <br />the rapidly growing <br />northern Front Range <br />area through the year <br />2000 and beyond. <br />WINDY GAP PROJECT 3