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<br />O,,1r::') <br />I~..._......J <br /> <br />WILLIAMS FORK RESERVOIR (Altitude 7,814 - top of new dam) <br /> <br />Location: - On Williams Fork River near confluence with the Colorado River about <br /> <br />about 2 miles upstream from Parshall, Colorado <br /> <br />Built : <br /> <br />Now under construction with completion date set for December 31, 1958: <br /> <br />first stage completed in 1938. <br /> <br />Cost: <br /> <br />Estimated cost including 3,000 K. W. Power Plant and 2-mile transmission <br /> <br />line $4,687,000. <br /> <br />Function: - To provide supply of water for water users on the Colorado River below <br /> <br />Parshall whose rights are earlier than Denver's transmountain rights, <br /> <br />and who would otherwise require Denver to shut down its transmountain <br /> <br />diversions in times of shortage; also provides electric energy generation. <br /> <br />(over) <br />