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<br />I <br /> <br />the Williams Fork Reservoir with a capacity of <br />97,000 acre-feet on the Williams Fork River <br />on the west slope. This is a vital feature <br />of the Denver system because it provides re- <br />placement ability such that releases from this <br />reservoir can be made at such times as diver- <br />sions are being made in order to avoid adverse <br />effects on prior water rights downstream on <br />the west slope. Incidentally, there is a power- <br />plant at Williams For~, small by Bureau of <br />Reclamation standards, Mr. Ingles, or Mr. <br />Crandall (I believe I saw Dave here) but <br />nevertheless a real important little plant <br />for Denver because it affords us an opportunity <br />to generate some power and to return to the <br />Bureau of Reclamation power that is interfered <br />~ith at Green Mountain and in case we have too <br />much we sell it all to the Public Service <br />Company. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />As I noted, we have a little reserve in <br />our present system to meet future projected <br />needs. At the present time our projec:tionll <br />~ould indicate that we could meet our require- <br />ments up into the mid 80's. But we cannot <br />delay until the mid 80's before we start <br />planning abOut OCher projects, As already <br />outlined, since it takes ten, fifteen or <br />twenty years, maybe more, the Blue system <br />took forty or fifty years, it's none too early <br />to start thinking about future plans. Now <br />let's look on this same chart which charts the <br />additional work that we are looking for future <br />development of water for this community. First <br />and foremost an important aspect is to fully <br />develop the existing system to produce maximum <br />water within the framework of water rights under <br />which we are now diverting and this we will do. <br />This requires careful evaluation of all changea, <br />our changes in our own system or changes that <br />might be proposed by other water right owners. <br /> <br />As we proceed we develop or think about <br />our future development of additional sources. <br />one of the most siqnUicant ~-ements that we <br />