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<br />FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO
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<br />amounting to 42,000 acre-fect, and the conseryutiun of tloocl....IloW"s
<br />amount.illg t.o 19, I 00 Here-feet, less spills, losses, nnd entpOfllt,ion
<br />(l.mount.in~ to 49 ADO tlcre-feet w(\ukl in('xea.'S~ tbe Wltt.cr supplies
<br />annually in tho Arkunsas Vlllle.\' b.\' about lS3,f>OO ncrc,fed. 'This
<br />amount, would furnish 163,100 lwre-feet. of sllpplemenUiEwlltel" fo.!'
<br />approxiruu.tely 280,000 ll('.l'<'S of fn.rmll1lld and \'Guld furri:ish 20,,1)00
<br />acre-feet of \Vater for D\unieipal Use. .-
<br />The power installations would tol,nl ]23,900 kilO\\'atts .from which
<br />au est.in\lJ.~c,d 5117 llli..llion kilowatt-hours of electric ener~r~-wouhl he
<br />-generat.ed anlluully. ~:~.
<br />The project \\"orks and the purposes they serve in t.he openlting
<br />pllln are as follo\\'s: " .
<br />(a1 A system of cnn,,]s nnd tunnels on the western'slope of the
<br />Continental Divide for the collect,ion of wflter' froin the upper
<br />triuutllries of t.he Fryillgpllll Ri\'er tlnd the ROfli'ing Fork Ri\'er;
<br />(b) Ruedi Dam llnd Reservoir, with t\n udive cn.pncity of
<br />100,000 ncrc-feet, to provide t.he replnccmmit stofltge fOf the
<br />prrser.....Ht.ioll of existing water uses in tile Colol'l~d~ Ri~r.r B:l$.in"
<br />This n's(~I'\.()il', which \\'ould he c.omple-tNI ROO. in opf'ration
<br />1l('ful'e nll\' \\"aLnr i~ di\"'r1l'd t.o thr: ArkuIlsns Busill,- wOllld 11150
<br />{)t'(}\"idfl, u'ddit,ioll:t! l'(~gubt()ry st,orllge e,-lp:u.:ity to-::~"er\'e ftllUl"l~
<br />mult ipl\'. p\ll'p0....:\~S ill Wl~st,l~rn COk'I'Mlo _: .
<br />(c) Tlte l'ryillgpan-ArkilllsuS tUllnell aholltr G miles in lengt,h,
<br />f.H' Ji\'erting Wlit.t~l' I:f.\leded UIl the Wl..~:::;t.t\rll :::;lojlt-' t.hrough the
<br />COlll.illl'1l1,:d Di,;ide to tbe: east,ern slope;
<br />(Ii) The Sugnr Loaf Reservoir on t,he eflstern slope in the upper
<br />Arknlls<.is Busin, enlarged from it.s pl"CScnt. c~i.pileit.y of 17,000
<br />acre-feet. to 117/000 acre-feet for stomge ltnd regulat.ion of water
<br />imported fruIl} t.be western slope;
<br />(e) The Snowdcn divcrsion dum on the Arkansas River find the
<br />Snowdcn diversion canlt! which would convc\' wnt.er from t,he
<br />A.rkllJlSIlS Ri\"er t.o the cnl'lrged Twin Lakes Rcscn"'oir;
<br />(fJ The Twin Lakes Reservoir in the upper Arkllnsus Bnsin,
<br />enlnrged from its present aetive r,npacity of 501000 acre-feet to
<br />2fiO,OOO uere-feet., for st.orage find regulation of water importeu
<br />from tIle western slope OJ" the Frringpnu-Ark:lnsas di\"ersion,
<br />wat.er imported by existing Twin Lakes diversioll.. and W:lter
<br />diverted from t,hc Arknn~as. Riyer by the Snownen CannI;
<br />((/) The Puehlo Reservoir on tbe ArknJ1sns Ri\rer \vest, of
<br />Pueblo, Colo., witll 11 r,npueit,y of 4001000 Hcre-fert to store wnter
<br />for irrigat.ion ~lnu lHllnicipul use llnd for flood control;
<br />(h) A projeeL power Syst,CIll eomprisjng fjO tllilcR of cannls,
<br />7 powcrplunts having II combined installed capncity of 123,900
<br />ki1owntt~J 7 switehYllrclsl 9 substations und about 411 rniles of
<br />transmission lines; and
<br />(n Specific 1l11lr1ieilJ1l1 wuter delivery facilit.ies for furnishing
<br />udclit.ional mUllicipal water to Colorado Springs and sm"end
<br />Ark:lllS:lS Yltlley towns, whidl delivery flleilitics, however, would
<br />he constrllet.ed hy the Unit.ed Slates ollly if const.l'lIct,ioll by the
<br />conUllullit.ies Lhe.ll1~chTcs proved infeasihle. ~
<br />A possibJr:- addit.ional Jcnture is a replacemcnt. resen'oir of ullout,
<br />5,000 licrc-fl'ct. c;1pacit,y fin t,I.le ROllring Fork River or a tl'ilHIt.llr~.
<br />t.hel'{~to n.Lo\"c its .eonflucnce With the Frying-pan Hiver. TIte purpose
<br />of such i\ resel'\'on' wOllld be to offset lld\'serse Rt-renlJ1flow (~nllditions
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