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SECWCIJrARKANSAS BASIN <br />WATER AND STORAGE NEEDS <br />ASSESSMENT <br />TABLE 1 -- POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES <br />Storsite.xls <br />GEI CONSULTANTS, INC. Page 4 4/8198 <br />. <br />#w...l :nf .rt .xv xiikW!.2VV!fi. <br />fy 11 ".Ik.:, i ,... fv 3J Ji? <br />S' r 'Nf'9. <br />"` <br />" ,1 , R7 1 .'3f <br />Additional <br />M yA r <br />Ke' <br />Y <br />b. l%�1 .Ii" ,ri <br />} <br />k° ,k, �1 r apt, 1,k <br />r <br />Storage; <br />, <br />Noa't <br />;' Storage'Optlon1 �1 . <br />'` ' , ` ; .. ,3 Descriptloti , �' A a . Y <br />"k "" ^ Location . ,. <br />Potential <br />Discussion - <br />22" <br />Gravel Lakes Storage <br />Store water in mined gravel pits in river alluvium <br />Along Arkansas <br />? <br />Requires cut -off wall or lining <br />(Arkansas River) <br />River near Pueblo <br />23" <br />Gravel Lakes Storage <br />Store water in mined gravel pits in river alluvium <br />Along Arkansas <br />? <br />Requires cut -off wall or lining <br />(Fountain Creek) <br />River near Fountain <br />Creek <br />24 <br />Elephant Rock <br />New Mainstem Dam Site; Colorado Springs <br />Upper Basin <br />Up to <br />Construction requires relocation of Hwy 24 and the <br />Up to 68,000 AF - WSEL 8217 <br />10 miles north of <br />68,000 AF <br />Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad; Includes 2 <br />Buena Vista <br />pump stations and a 48 ", 70 mile pipeline to Upper <br />Rampart Reservoir <br />25 <br />Chalk Creek <br />New Dam Site <br />Upper Basin <br />? <br />Significant flow is reported available; Storage location <br />Upper Chalk Creek EL - 11,600 <br />7 miles south of <br />and potential need to be confirmed <br />(Chalk Creek joins Arkansas at EL - 7600) <br />Buena Vista <br />26 <br />Fooses Creek <br />New Dam Site <br />Upper Basin <br />Up to <br />Only a small portion of the South Arkansas Basin would <br />Upper Fooses Creek EL - 11,000 <br />15 miles west of <br />50,000 AF <br />be controled; A large reservoir is possible <br />( Fooses Creek joins Arkansas at EL - 9000) <br />Salida <br />27 <br />Boss Lake <br />Rebuild existing dam on upper Lake Fork <br />Upper Basin <br />600 AF to <br />Could provide augmentation to wells if Twin Lakes' dead <br />North of Buena Vista <br />1000 AF <br />storage is accessed and local groundwater levels are <br />on Lake Fork <br />drawn down <br />28" <br />Aquifer Storage /Conjunctive Use <br />Valley Fill <br />Along Arkansas <br />? <br />Groundwater recharge would work best in <br />Ogallala Formation <br />Valley Fill or Dakota Sandstone <br />Dakota Sandstone <br />v� nAr J�a SS J <br />Storsite.xls <br />GEI CONSULTANTS, INC. Page 4 4/8198 <br />