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<br />acre-feet of water for municipal use for the cities of Pueb&o, Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />Springs and other cities in the lower Arkansas Valley. A pipeline system <br /> <br /> <br />will deliver the water from Pueblo Reservoir to Arkansas Valley towns. <br /> <br /> <br />Had Pueblo Dam and Reservoir been in existence during the 1965 <br /> <br /> <br />flood on the Fountain and Arkansas Rivers, much of the damage downstream <br />from the confluence of the Fountain Creek and the Arkansas River would <br />have been lessened. At the time of the flood the Arkansas River was <br />near capacity. Had Pueblo Dam been constructed, the river could have <br /> <br /> <br />been cut-off, allowing the Fountain Creek flood to enter essentially a <br /> <br /> <br />dry-river below the Pueblo area. <br /> <br /> <br />The Fryingpan-Arkansas Project was authorized by the Congress <br /> <br /> <br />in 1962 and construction of several features are now underway. <br /> <br /> <br />Construction of Pueblo Dam and Reservoir is scheduled to begin in September <br /> <br /> <br />1968 and completion will be three years later. <br /> <br />19 <br />