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o r:) l\:) W 00 ~ the North Fork of the Colorado (formerly the Grand) River to the Cache la Poudre River in the South Platte Basino 180 On the headtoJ'Aters of the Fr~,ser River.~ the City of Denver has ;~".' 'partly completed an extensive collection systemo Diversions via the Pioneer Bore of the Moffa.t Turmel were begun in 19360 The collection system in the Fraser watershed is now being extendedo By means of a large storage reservoir to be built on South Boulder Creek~ on the Eastern Slope~ Denver plans to be able to divert and store 80,000 acre=feet of Fraser River watero This represents 72 percent of all run=off in the collection areao It amounts to 57 percent of the average annual run=off of Fraser River at Granby, Coloradoj corrected for existing diversionso 190 In 1937 j with the a.id of funds provided by the Federal Government, the City of Denver built a replacement reservoir on Williams i Fork River about 6 miles above the mouth of that streams- and began diverting via Jones Pa.ss Tunnel from the headwaters of the Hilliams i Fork into Clear Creek, a tributary of the South Pla.tte Rivero Denver is also proceeding with construction of its tunnel to divert water for municipal purposes from the Blue River neaT' Dillon, Coloradoo 200' Also i.n the future are other demandso The City of Colorado Springs wants water from Blue River above Dillono The Colorado-Big Thompson Project contemplates diversion from Fraser River, lrl the vicinity of Taberna.sh~ Colorado, and from the 'tf'/illiams i Fork River via sto Louis and Keyser Creeks, as well ~s from Willow Creek, tributar,y to the Colorado 4 miles below Granby Dam, and Strawberry and Meadow Creeks:> tribut~_ry to Fraser Rivero The Blue=South Platte Project of the Bureau of Reclamation contero'" plates diversions from the he a.dwaters of Willi3Jl1..s i Fork River and the diversion of 95 percent of wa.ters tributary to Blue River above Green Mountain Reservoiro -6=