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<br />. <br /> <br />001075 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />WHAT WATERS WOULD BE STORED IN TWO FORKS RESERVOIR? <br />TWO FORKS Dam would intercept all flows of the South Platte River at <br />that point. The flows intercepted would include unregulated natural <br />runoff (including violent flood flows), regulated releases from upstream <br />reservoirs, and imported water -. particularly that from the Roberts <br />Tunnel. Releases of water would be made at TWO FORKS to meet existing <br />water rights and fol' futul'e downstream diversions, which would provide <br />more complete use of flood flows and imports. The storage capacity <br />provided in TWO FORKS Reservoir would I'esult in a significant net gain <br />in usable storage for municipal and industrial uses for the exploding <br />population of the metropolitan area. Also, storage capacity would be <br />reserved. as unfilled space to receive the viOlent, cloudburst floods <br />that would originate in the 2,580 square miles of South Platte drainage <br />above the dam. <br /> <br />HOW WOULD TWO FORKS IMPROVE SUPPLIES OF WATER FOR MUNICIPAL AND <br /> <br /> <br />INDUSTRIAL USES? <br /> <br /> <br />In two ways. Over the years, the large TWO fORKS Raservoir would <br /> <br /> <br />yield increased quantities of water which has heretofore flowed down <br /> <br /> <br />the South Platte completely uncontrolled. And second, TWO FORKS and <br /> <br /> <br />srr~ller afterbay pools at higher elevations than now available, would <br /> <br /> <br />serve as gravity pipelines or other conveyance works and could reach the <br /> <br /> <br />extensive high areas which flank Denver proper and which will be subject <br /> <br /> <br />to urban development as the Denver metropolitan area continues to <br /> <br /> <br />expand in area and population. <br /> <br />.3 <br />