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<br />, <br /> <br />Institutional Issues <br />Encroachment into the Eagles Nest Wilderness would be the most <br />significant Federal issue. Denver has not yet adjudicated its East <br />Gore water rights. Other issues include obtaining a Summit County land <br />use permit, mitigation, and Federal permits. <br /> <br />GREEN MOUNTAIN PUMPING COLLECTION SYSTEM <br />The Green Mountain pumping collection system would consist of <br />three pumping plants, a pressurized pipeline to transport water from <br />Green ~ountain Reservoir (a Bureau of Reclamation reservoir) to Dillon <br />Reservoir, and a new reservoir to replace the current functions of <br />Green Mountain Reservoir. The Eagle-Colorado Reservoir site on Alkali <br />Creek would be an example replacement reservoir. New storage on the <br />Weat Slope, such as replacement of Green Mountain Reservoir, could <br />potentially provide several other functions. The multiple ~urposes <br />could also be met with more.than one reservoir. <br /> <br />The project would pump water from Green Mountain Reservoir on the <br />Blue River to DWD's Roberts Tunnel system in exchange for water from <br />the Eagle River. Water would be diverted from the Eagle River to an <br />off-channel reservoir and released to meet the water demands currently <br />supplied by releases from Green Mountain ReservoIr. <br /> <br />New Safe Yield <br /> <br /> <br />The project as described would be based on the exchange of Eagle <br /> <br />River water for Blue River water that would be stored in Green Mountain <br /> <br /> <br />Reservoir. The safe annual yield of the replacement system must be <br /> <br /> <br />equal to or greater than that of Green Mountain Reservoir replacement. <br /> <br />Under this project configuration, an estimated 350,000 acre-feet <br /> <br />of storage capacity in Eagle-Colorado Reservoir would be required to <br /> <br />fully satisfy the .150,000 acre-foot exchange functions of Green Moun- <br /> <br />19 <br />