WSPC05752

• File Number: 8402.400.10
• Description: Platte River Basin-River Basin Basic Hydrology-Transmountain Diversions Imports-Blue South Platte
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 1/1/3000
• Title: Blue South Platte Project 1942-1955-Exhibit B
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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From M~adcw Creek, Strawberry Creek and Walden Hollow

A diversion dam aoross Msadow Cresk, (Sheet 3. Extibit C) Seotion 16,

T. I N. R. 75 w., divertin, flows fro~ Meadow Creek into an aqueduct of 500

seoond feet oapacity whioh conducts this watar to an unnamed tributary of

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Strawberry Craek in Seotion 8, T. 1 N.. R. 75 W. A diversion dam soross

Strawberry Creek. Section 32. T. 2 N.. R.75 W., diverting surplus flows from

Strawberry Creek, ino1uding those introduoed from Meadow Creek. into an aqueduct

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of 600 seoond feet oapaoity which conducts this water to Walden Hollow in

Seotion 24. T. 2 N., R. 15 W. A diversion dem aoross Walden Hollow. Section 24.

T. 2 N.. R. 76 W.. diverting surplus flows from Walden Hollow, inoluding those

flows introduced from Strawberry Creek and Meadow Creek. into sn aqueduct of

1500 seoond feet capaoity whioh disoharges into Granby Reservoir in Section 13,

T. 2 N., R. 76 w. All interoepted flows from named and unnamed streeMS enroute

will also be diverted into Granby Reaervoir.

From flilliams River

A diversion dam (Sheet 2. 3. Exhibit C) ,in Seotion 24, T. 2 S.. R. 78 w.

across the Williams River forming Upper Ute Park Reservoir, approximate oapacity

80,000 acre feet. An aqueduot of 400 second feet capacity from the reservoir

to the inlet of Keyser Creek Tunnel, 100ated in Section 13. T. 2 S., R. 78 w.

Said tunnel extends northeasterly approximately 2 miles to a junotion with the

Blue Ridge Tunnel in Section 1, T. 2 S., R. 78 w. Th~ Blue Ridge Tunnel.

500 s.f. capacity, extends northeasterly a distance of approximately 10 miles

to ite outlet portal in Seotion 4. T. 1 S., R. 16 W., said portal being 100ated

on Pole Creek which discharges into Ranch Croek Reservoir. Ranch Creek

Reservoir. approximately 600,000 a.f. capaoity, is fortred by a dam across

Fraser River in Seotion 26, T. 1 N., R. 76 w., high water line of said reservoir

at elevation 8525.

From Fraser River

The Ranch Creek Reservoir (Sheet 3. Exhibit C) is formsd by a dam

acrcss the Fraser River in Section 26, T. 1 N., R. 76 ro.. the high water e1e-

vation of which is 8525 feet and the capaoity is appro~imate]y 600.000 a.f.

This reservoir will intercept and store waters of the Fraser River and tribu-

taries thereof above the dam, including the aforementioned diversions from the
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Williams River. From this reservoir stored water and all direct flows will be