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<br />..r <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-~ <br />h .. C') <br />Cb <br />...., <br /> <br />THE DIVERSION WATER SUPPLY OF <br />THE FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT. <br /> <br />A study of the water supply of the Fryingpan- <br /> <br />Arkansas Project is concerned principally with the <br /> <br />determination of (1) the available supply at the point <br /> <br /> <br />of diversion, (2) the effect on the flow of the River <br /> <br /> <br />within the State of Colorado of diverting the water to <br /> <br /> <br />t~e Eastern Slope and (3) the effect of this diversion <br /> <br /> <br />on Colorado River flow at Lee Ferry. <br /> <br /> <br />Available Supply at Point of Diversion <br /> <br /> <br />The project plans call for the diversion of <br /> <br /> <br />69,200 acre-feet of water from this water shed to the <br /> <br /> <br />east side of the Continental Divide. The Colorado <br /> <br />Water Conservation Board through its Policy and Review <br /> <br />Committee appointed an Engineering Advisory Committee in <br />19~9 to study the water supply question and to make <br /> <br />recornnendations to the Board. <br /> <br />This Committee concurred <br /> <br />in the water supply estimates of the Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br /> <br />including the amount of water required for fish life as <br /> <br />recommended by the Colorado Game and Fish Commission and <br /> <br /> <br />agreed to in the Operating Principles which were set up to <br /> <br />govern the operation of the project. The quantities of <br /> <br /> <br />water available as e8timated by the Colorado Water <br /> <br />Conservation Board were in close agreement with those <br /> <br />determined by the Reclamation Bureau. <br />Provision is made to bring additional water to the <br /> <br />East side for the Twin Lakes Canal and Reservoir Company <br />