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4' () 1S 3 FIlYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJICCT, COLORADO lii1(ty, hardness, and turbidity. Transmountain diversion is the only source or allY appreciable amount of WI1.tcr to meet the municipal needs unless'the already short agricultnral water supply is di\'erted to municipal use, thus further djsruptul~ the agricultural economy of the orea. The new supply from the .r'ryingpan-Arkltnsas projed would go a long way towll.rd inlproving the Witter quality and meeting the critical need (or ndditional municipal water. Flood con trol is a very importan t aspect, of the Fryingpan-Arkansas project. Floods in the upper Arkansas River Valley annually threaten the los8 of property and discourage investment. Damaging floods occur almost every year. Tlw worst flood on record occurred in 192] when at least 78 persons lost their livcs and property damage exceeded $]\) million, There has heen some improvement along tlte lower Arkansas River due to construction of the John Martin Rcser- voir ill 1949, but the flood danger still exists upstream, particularly between Puehlo and (,he John Martin Reservoir. The Fryingpan- Arkansas project would prevent a large part of the /load damages that occur annually along that stretch of th8 river. The needs for eJertric power and eaergy in the project area are expanding rapidly, and increased demands ar8 overtaxing existing facilities. The additional supplies of electric power and energy from the Fryingpau-ArkanslIS project will help meet tbese evrr-increasing demands. ' , Sedimellt control, pollution control, protection find enhancement of fish and wildlife valueB, and 1l\1ditional l'f':cl'Catiollrtl opportm}lt~(',s ll:rC also needs ill the projee!, area whieh will be fully or part,ially met through t.he construction of the FryingpulI-ArkllllSnS project. In sumnuuy, it can be said that tho most pressing nllLl immediut.t-~ needs of the upper Arkansas V nHer e[m he met by COllst,TuetiOll find operatjoll of (,he Fryingpan-Arkunsas project a, proposed in H.IL 22011, DESCRIPTION OF THE FHO.fEeT AND PLAN OF OPEHATION The FrvingplUl-Arkunslls project is a Aelf-conl.ni'lCd JHIIHiple-pul'- pose development wherein each fUJlction is l'e]nted und eontl'ibutes to tbe support, of the o\'erall project and its feasibility. Tile water, divert,ed from the COIOl'lldo River Bosin to the Al'kuHSnS .Hi\"cr BnsiIl is ''''at.er to vdlieh Colorndo is eltt.itJed under the Colorado RiYt~r tom- pad and t.he Upper Colorado River Bnsin eompnct. The pl"ojed \vould be operat.ed in U mUI1ner which hus been ngrl'ed upon hy t.he State of Colorado und by both clIstern and western slope rf'pl'csen- tativcs us evidenced b.y tJle detailed l(opernt.ing prilleiplcs" wbieh nre nwde n. pnrt of t,he legislat.ion b~" refercnce. Irhese "opcrut.illg prin- ciples,ll which arc set out in House Document 130, 87(,h COllgrC'ss, CtlTl be changed only by unanimous conscnt of tIle sif,"lwtory partit~s or by fin n.mendmen t to t.he act. The const.ruction of the Fl'yingpnn-ArkllIlslls pJ'ojec~ w(:mltl not:, inl- ply [l cOlunlij,lncnt for developing furt,her wuter surpln's In t.he Colo- rado River BfLsin lor diversio!! 1.0 t]w ~l\rklln8as Rivcr Basin. The diversion n.nnunlly. of, un average of 69.100 Hel'e-feet. t.hpough the Ji'ryi.ngpnn-.4...rknnsns project works, comhined Iwit.h IHI(lit,ioJ1nl Twin Lakes. diversion arnounting to 14;200 .acre-feet" t,he J'cguhttion of \'..-inter flows a.mounting to 88.600 ncre-feet, the reuse.of retm'n tlO\l,'5 ------- ---