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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I-l Chapter I Introduction The Beaver Park Water, Inc. irrigation system at Penrose, Colorado has experienced difficulty in delivering water to its shareholders in trelast ten years. The board of directors has contacted the Colorado Water Conservation Board for assis- tance in repairing the irrigation system under the Colorado Water Conservation Board Construction Fund. The purpose of this investigation is to examine the feasibility of making repairs to the system and to estimate the cost of repairs. The cost of the study is being shared by the Colorado Water Conservation Board and by Beaver Park Water. Beaver Park is located around the community of Penrose in eastern Fremont County, Penrose is an unincorporated community near the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and Colorado 115. It is 10 miles east of Canon City and 40 miles southwest of Colorado Springs. Beaver Park is sit- uated on a south-sloping terrace of the foothills of Pikes Peak. It is bounded on the south by the Arkansas River, on the west by Brush Hollow Creek and by Beaver Creek on the east. Figure I-l is a location map showing the irrigation system and major features, The area has a gently rolling topography with a south- ward slope of about 100 feet per mile. The edge of the ter- race is bounded by limestone cliffs which rise up to 150 feet above the level of the Arkansas River. Elevations range from 5300 to 5600 feet above sea level. The geology of Beaver Park is composed of Cretaceous marine limestone and shale outcrops which form the terrace, sloping southward to the Arkansas River, Beaver Park is located on the north flank of the Canon City Embayment and is at the south edge of the foothills formed by upturned sedimentary rocks abutting against the granitic rock uplift of Pikes Peak.