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<br />Turkshead Dam will be about 265 feet <br />high with a crest length of 750 feet. This <br />dam acts as the afterbay for the Two Forks <br />powerplant as well as the diversion structure <br />for the municipal water releases. Access to <br />the darn would be difficult and limited only <br />to operating personnel. <br /> <br />Two Forks Darn, the key feature of the <br />~oject would be a double curvature, thin <br />arch concrete dam with a structural height <br />of over 584 feet, and about 1,635 feet long <br />at the crest. The physical dimensions are <br />shown on this exhibit. The storage alloca- <br />tions are as follows: <br /> <br />Dead <br />Inactive <br />Active <br />Flood Control <br />Total <br />Surcharge Pool <br /> <br />55,000 acre-feet <br />120,000 acre-feet <br />685,000 acre-feet <br />115,000 acre-feet <br />975,000 acre-feet <br />123.000 <br /> <br />The reservoir will store and regulate <br />the normal and flood flows of the South <br />Platte River and the presently decreed trans- <br />mountain diversions of Denver and Aurora. <br />Our hydrologic studies have integrated all <br />the water supplies of the Denver metropolitan <br />area and derived the optimum conservation <br />storage capacity. The total project water <br />supply is estimated to be about 765,000 <br />acre-feet; more than adequate to serve about <br />2~ million people. A minimum water surface <br />area of over 2,000 acres would provide ex- <br />cellent fishing and recreation. The flood <br />storage and surcharge pools were developed <br />in coordination with the U. S. Corps of <br />Engineers' Chatfield Dam. The Two Forks <br />powerplant's capacity is 138 megawatts. <br /> <br />In the course of formulating the project <br />plan, it became apparent that public visita- <br />tion to project features and the surrounding <br />area would be substantial. It is the general <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />