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<br />O"~C? <br />:-.. -" <br /> <br />RESULTS OF STUDIES <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />ESTIMATED COST OF INCREASING THE CAPACITY <br />OF GROSS RESERVOIR TO VARIOUS AMOUNTS <br /> <br />Net Copacity <br />(Acre-Feet) <br /> <br />Estimated Cost <br />(Dollors) <br /> <br />42,000 (present capacity) <br /> <br />60,000 <br />70,000 <br />80,000 <br />90,000 <br />100,000 <br /> <br />7,000,000 <br />10,600,000 <br />13,900,000 <br />16, I 00,000 <br />20,400,000 <br />24,400,000 <br /> <br />113,000 (conditionally decreed capacity) <br /> <br />Operation of Gross Reservoir <br />and Moffat Tunnel System <br /> <br />Appendix No, 1 is 0 summary of the results of the 14 opera- <br />tional studies of the Moffat System with various assumed capac- <br />ities at Gross Reservoir and various assumed amounts of power <br />that might be generated under each assumed capacity, Under <br />ultimate conditions, insofar as Moffat Filter Plant is concerned, <br />which is represented by Study No, 1, it was found that 7000 <br />kilowatts of firm power could be generated and thot the amount <br />of Moffat Tunnel water thot would be unavailable because of lack <br />of capacity at Gross Reservoir would average about 6000 acre- <br />feet assuming a water supply equivalent to that which occurred <br />from 1931 through 1954. <br /> <br />Study No.1 0 disclosed that, if the capacity of Gross Reser- <br />voir were increased to about 80,000 acre-feet, all of the Moffat <br />Tunnel water would be usable assuming adequate capacity in the <br />Moffat Filter Plant, and that 11,000 kilowatts of firm power could <br />be generated, Such an increase in capacity is estimated to cost <br />about $13,900,000. Not over $2,000,000 of this estimated cost <br />