WSP00989

• File Number: 8442.400
• Description: Missouri Basin - Pick Sloan Project - Reports
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 9/1/1972
• Title: Upper South Platte Unit Mount Evans Division Pick-Sloan Missiouri basin Program colorado Special Report August 1972
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

CONTENTS (Continued)

PART II--GENERAL DESCRIPTION... ..... ... ............

Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Physiography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Climate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Settlement and early economy.... . " . ....... ,......
Development of M&I Water Supplies ................
Economic and Human Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Transportation and Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Previous Investigations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART III--PROBLEMS AND NEEDS OF THE AREA.........
Providing M&I Water Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Flooding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Problems Associated with Electric Power...........
Misuse of streams for Waste Disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Outdoor Recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART IV--THE PLAN... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Physical and Functional Plan . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Features to be Constructed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Two Forks Dam, Reservoir, Powerplant,
Transmission Lines, and Recreation Facilities.
Turkshead Dam and Reservoir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other Project Measures. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lake Cheesman and Surrounding Lands. . . . . . . . .
stream Improvement. . . . . ',' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Water Quality Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Water Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .
o})eration Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ernatives 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Non-Federal Development of Two Forks Dam

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2.9
2.10

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3.5
3.6

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and Reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.10
Regulatory Reservoirs on Tributaries. . . . . . . . . . 4.10
Enlargement of Existing Storage Reservoirs.. . . . 4.11
Regulatory Reservoir on West Plum Creek. . . . . . 4.12
Nondevelopment Alternative................... 4.12

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