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<br />reserved annually for municipal use. Specific municipal supply
<br />facilities outlined hereafter in paragraphs 52 and 56 are included in
<br />the proj ect plan as, a requested service. Such construction is proposed
<br />only if construction by the communities themselves proves to be
<br />infeasible. This phase of the project is flexible and susceptible of
<br />modification or elimination, in whole or in part, without rendering the
<br />remainder of the project economically infeasible,
<br />52, A supplemental municipal supply for Colorado Springs would
<br />involve an exchange of irrigation water by means of project facilities,
<br />A pumping plant on upper Middle Beaver Creek would lift water to
<br />the city's system on Pikes Peak. En route to the city, the water
<br />would generate energy in two municipal powerplants, the output of
<br />which would exeeed the loss in the Skaguay hydroelectric powerplant,
<br />on Middle Beaver Creek, owned by the Southern Colorado Power Co,
<br />Colorado Springs could reimburse the company for the lost power
<br />value. Replacement of the diverted water for irrigation use near
<br />Pen,rose would be accomplished by diverting water from Oil Creek to
<br />th~ existing Brullh Hollow Reservoir. A diversion dam and a 15-mile
<br />supply canal wo)Ild be necessary, Through a series of exchanges and
<br />coordinated operation of the Mount Pisgah Reservoir on Oil Creek
<br />and the Skaguay Reservoir, satisfactory replacement of irrigation
<br />water in the Arkansas Valley could be achieved.
<br />53, Four thousand acre-feet of project water annually have been
<br />allotted to ColOJ:ado Springs for its immediate requirements. Of this
<br />4,0.0.0. acre-feet, 2,70.0. acre-feet could be pumped into the city's system
<br />from Beaver Creek, Replacement of this 2,70.0. acre-feet for irrigation
<br />would require 3,20.0. acre-feet of project water due to transit and other
<br />losses, The remaining 80.0. acre-feet of project water represents
<br />reserve for repl~cement of possible diversions to the city from other
<br />tributaries of the Arkansas River;
<br />54, Pueblo requires 3,0.0.0. acre-feet of project water annually,
<br />Project facilities'would also enable the conservation of 2,0.0.0. acre-feet
<br />of Wurtz ditch ttansmountain water for municipal use and treatment
<br />of Pueblo's present supply of 21,0.0.0. acre-feet.' Delivery of water to
<br />Pueblo would be accomplished from the Pueblo Reservoir through a
<br />central system for all valley towns,
<br />55, The valley towns require 8,0.0.0. acre-feet of project water
<br />annually of which 460. acre-feet represents a reserve for those com-
<br />munities and others, The water would entirely replace existing
<br />unsatisfactory supolies,
<br />56, Specific facilities for supplying Pueblo and the valley towns
<br />with municipal water include a pumping plant at the Pueblo Reservoir,'
<br />a water-treatment plant, a dual pipeline to Pueblo and a small regu-
<br />lating reservoir, a trunk pipeline about 130. miles in length to Lamar, ,
<br />and about 36 miles of branch pipelines to Crowley, Wiley, and Eads.
<br />57, The municipal water-supply system would involve no unusual
<br />construction problems or difficulties in securing rights-of-way.
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<br />CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE
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<br />58, About 10. years would be required to construct the initial de-
<br />velopment, Early concurrent construction of the Aspen, Twin Lakesi
<br />and Pueblo Reservoirs, the Fryingpan-Arkansas Tunnel, and severa
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