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.. .' . 001988 m:ST SLOPE RESERVOIR Cm:CEFT S'IUDIED 11/28/71 DENVER POST l3y Dick Prouty Page. . . . . . . . . . a . . . . .3 The Eagle-Colorado ideal is a year 2000 program, Ogilvie said, ~ihile the Eagle-Piney wuld l:;e corrpleted by 1984, if Fossible. But tied into both plans is yet another consideration. The deparbtent is seriously evaluating, \Vith the help of outside consultants, hydroelectric pov:er generation, especially Fumped-back storage to meet the five or six hours of daily wax:iroum electric energy derrand. INFORNATION ~1EED "\.ce're not overlooking the Fossibilities for pur.;ped-back storage for power generation," Ogilvie said, "though v;e've not enough .infornation nov' to even oonjecture about it." The d2parbtent does a little pm,er generating nOt" at its nilliams Fork dam. It also has built into the Gross Dam on South Eoulder Creek provisions for future electric FO"er gpneration. It is also considering a dam in conjunc- tion with the T\\'O Forks Project planned at the confluence of the South Platte River and its l':orth Fork near Deckers, Colo. The Eagle-Piney plan is getting thorough scrutiny for po....-er FOtential. Ogilvie said to l:;ecome feasible, a plant \muld have to generate 300 to 400 IIEgawatts of po.....er. !.)hether there's enough \vater available for that isn't knovm. One of the unavoidable aspects of \vater developrr.ent is fluctuating reser- voirs. The \\ater departrr:ent last SUIm!er placed a prominent sign at Dillon Reservoir to call attention to it as a fluctuating body of \Vater, not a lake. Saunders says Dillon could l:;ecorre a "surge tank" in sorre instances. And there's no question broad mud flats will surround the now-full reservoir in a period of prolnH')erl water sltortnges.