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<br />Water released from SUgar Loaf Rese,rvoir would be carried 'to
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<br />would be e:1larged frOlll its present capacity of 56,000 acre-feet
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<br />diverted into the reservoir through the Snowden Diversion. Here
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<br />The water stored in 'fwin Lakes Reservoir would be released
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<br />thl'Ollgh otero (Granite) Powerplant into the Arkansas Power Canal.
<br />, This canal extends about 40 miles in a southeasterly direction
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