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• <br /> Project re- operations, which better utilizes existing storage facilities, would allow for the use of <br /> excess capacity in existing Fry -Ark Reservoirs. In particular, it would allow for the storage of <br /> "non- project" water in the Fryingpan - Arkansas project space. <br /> In addition to authorizing re- operations, this legislation calls for a study of the feasibility <br /> of enlarging Pueblo Reservoir and Turquoise Reservoir. These enlargement studies are a critical <br /> first step in future water planning and development in the Arkansas River Valley. Both re- <br /> operations and enlargement of these reservoirs ranked very favorably in terms of cost, <br /> operational effectiveness and environmental/socio - economic factors. Thus, it was decided by the <br /> District members to proceed with these options. Colorado Springs has committed to pay for and <br /> receive approximately 50% of the additional storage capacity available through re- operations and <br /> enlargements, totaling approximately 58,000 acre -feet of storage, a critical component in <br /> meeting our future water supply requirements. <br /> Colorado Springs and the Southeast District were not alone in undertaking these planning <br /> efforts. Over 40 entities participated in the storage study process, including the Upper Arkansas <br /> Water Conservancy District, the City of Canon City, Arkansas River Outfitters Association, <br /> Colorado Division of Wildlife, City of Florence and the Pueblo Board of Water Works, the body <br /> responsible for providing water service to the City of Pueblo, our neighbor to the immediate <br /> south. Re- operation implementation costs were estimated at over $2.5 million, with enlargement <br /> implementation for the first four years, i.e., preconstruction, amounting to another $2 million. <br /> 4 <br />