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<br />o <br />c:~ 10 <br />..... <br /> <br />Colorado-Big Thompson Project <br /> <br />to. <br />,,~ <br />..... <br /> <br /> <br />1I0",plooth f)llm and R"~..n.oir <br /> <br />Conlilructiol! <br /> <br />Constnl(.tion of th.. project began at Green 1\lounlain <br />Dam during ;\'ovember 1938. Tht' first power \Vall <br />/Zellt'rated at the Grh'll ~Iountain Powerplant in :\Iay <br />194..1; all construction of thl' dam and powf'rplanl was <br />('Ompletffl in Oclobt'r 194J. Construction of Granhy Dam <br />started in 1941. and of AI\'8 B. Adams Tunnel in the <br />summer of 194.0. \l'otk was curtailffi during \\'orld \'(.'ar <br />II. but not entirt'ly stoPPt'd. AI the end of th{' war. thf' <br />tempo of construction Wll" spet'1lffi up. During 1956. all <br />major features wetI' eS"'l'lltially completed exeepl Ih.. Big <br />Thomp!<on Powerplant. which was complett'cl in 1951). <br /> <br />Opt'raling A~t'n('if''' <br /> <br />Tht' Bureau of Ht"c1amation opt'rat('s all projt"Ct leahlTt's <br />on tilt' wt'stern slope, includinll poWl'r. storage, and car- <br />ria!,e. and all !limitar works on tht' e.....tern ,.Iop!' above <br />the supply canal... leading from Carter Lake and Horse- <br />tooth He,...r\"oir",. All project works below thl',;e two re!'<'r- <br />\"Oir,. art' operated and maintained by the :'\ortherIl Col. <br />orado Walt'r Con.....r\'ancy District. <br /> <br />BE:\EFlTS <br /> <br />Irri~ation <br /> <br />The Colorado-Big Thompson Projt'ct ht'lps ...tabilize the <br />agriculhual and indu,.trial economy of northeastern Col. <br />orado. It is parti('ularl~' effE'Ctin> t'ach year during late <br />mmmt'r months of the irrigation ,;ea"<Jn, and ha... a <br />trt'rnendotls impact throughout tht' sea,oon in drought <br />\"ear,.,. <br /> <br />Principal crop'" include sugar bt't'ts, pot.atoe", bean,., <br />corn. ,.,mall I:rains, {ruit..., alfalfa. \t'gt'tables, dairy proo- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />tlcts, poultry', and eggs. In addition, lambs, hogs. and <br />cault' are faut'nffi {rom tht' byproducts o{ the sugar <br />beets, <br /> <br />\Iunicipal and Industrial Wah'r <br /> <br />.:\Iunicipal supplie,. hne bet'n an important aspect in the <br />distribution of project water, Originally, nine com- <br />munitit's had allotment,. totaling 44.950 acre-{t'i't. Eleven <br />communitit's now recei\"e lull or supplt'mental supplies, <br />Each year. as urhan population increa,;es, irrigation <br />allotments are tran,.,ll'rrt'd to domestic purposes. The <br />deJW"ndable a\'ailability 01 watpr continu!;'s to attract a <br />\'ariety o{ industries. <br /> <br />Hy'druelt'ctric Po"er <br /> <br />From Ihe ('il,!t'rn poria I of the .-\ha B, ,\dam... Tunnd. <br />"att"r rleSI'('II(!s ahOll1 2.800 fed 10 Iht' fuothill..., :'\early <br />l'\ t'ry foul of tilt' ht'ad is u~t'd for hydrot'lt'/'trie pOlH-r <br />11t'lwration. Gro...'i /1l'lwraliun lI\erll/1<''; 760 million kilo. <br />watt.hour..... or whieh 70 milliun kilowatt.hour,. arc <br />used b)' projt'd pump... and bC}O million kilowalt.hollr~ <br />are markdt.d to ('ustonlt'rs in nurtlwrn l.olorado. cllstt'rn <br />\l'yo/llilllo:. an.1 w<,slern ;\t'hru_~ka. Tht' pO\H'r produn-d al <br />Ihe Bureall pO'H'rplallls is marJ....tcd by DOE. <br /> <br />The water and pow('r control I.-'/:'nter for Rt'Clamlltioll'!' <br />rt't'efl'oir!', pow..rplant.... and tran~mis...ion lillt's in \l'yo. <br />ming, Colorado, and westt'rn i\'ebra~ka i~ at tht' project <br />ht'adquarters in Loveland, Colo. This Westt'rn Didsion <br />of th(' Missouri Hin>r BasiJl is an int('T('onnt'Ctf'd s)"t'tem <br />0115 Rt'Clamalion powerplant... and 391.750 kilowatts of <br />installed t:'-ll.p.al.'il)". <br /> <br /> <br />Hill: Thuml>~on Siphun <br />