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<br />o <br />C) <br />,-', <br /> <br /><:,,"':l <br />-J <br />t;D <br /> <br />..." <br /> <br />~- <br /> <br />ries of the South Platte to which the Colorado Ri'ler water is to be di- <br /> <br />verted. U.S.B.R. drawing number 245-D-259 shows the general plan of <br /> <br />the project and Colorado Water Conservation Board drawing number 92226 <br /> <br />is a profile of the project. <br />Colorado Water Conservation BOArd drawing No. 91743 is a S1m- <br /> <br />plified general plan and profile of the project showing the power features. <br /> <br />The principal storage and regulating reservoir is Granby reser- <br /> <br />voir which will have a capaoity of 482,000 acre-feet, of which 20,000 <br /> <br />acre-feet will be dead storage. Thi s reservoir, looated on the main <br /> <br />stream about four miles above Granby, will control all the water origi- <br /> <br />nating in the Colorado river basin above that point. Canals will divert <br /> <br />to the reservoir the run-off of Willow, Meadow and Strawberry oreeks <br /> <br />which now enter the river below Granby reservoir. Granby reservoir is <br /> <br />essential to the power fea.tures of the project in order to permit the <br /> <br />generation of firm energy. This will be discussed in more detail here- <br /> <br />inafter. Water will be diverted to the Continental Divide tunnel by <br /> <br />means of a dam 35 feet ,in height which wi 11 croate Shadow Mountain Lake, <br /> <br />having the same elevation as Grand Lake. Water which is stored and regu- <br /> <br />lated in Granby reservoir will be pumped to the Shadow Mountain Lake and <br /> <br />thence directly to the tunnel. The average pumping head wi 11 be about <br /> <br />140 feet. <br /> <br />Water after passing through the Continental Divide tunnel will <br /> <br />pass thrcugh five power conduits and power plants on the Eastern Slope. <br /> <br />These plants a.nd intakes are so located that Big Thcunpson water also can <br /> <br />be used for the genaration of power at Nos. 2, 3 and 4- No diversions <br /> <br />of Big Thompson water are made, however, when the flow is less than 100 <br />