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<br />The project ;~ill imrort new water su~plies, r~Gulat0 existing supplies io~
<br />more efficient use, furnish additional stor~~c si'2ce to conserve flood flaws,
<br />anc. furnish s~Jace fer h81dcver st.I)r'J.~~:e, thus prcJvi:1ins 163,100 acre-f'2:E:t ('f
<br />supplementRl irrig2tion HatL~r at CclTJul h'2rJ.dE2.tes within the c,.:--nserVLlTIcy dis-
<br />trict. The Jan~ ~encfitted is composed of silty loam, clay loam, and clay
<br />soils an0. hus [!c.:od surfr.lcc -.:l'oina--:-2.
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<br />^vera.~(.' c:lnnuCll 11':;.l:.i~~,-l L.: l~2qllircl!ll:1] ts ;:r(: 3.1 <J ,.!cr(:-f~e t lll2r acre. AvcrJc;e
<br />'h~'JUE2-:C: sh('lrta;.~~s in th,:, '!rl.l.1(-:/ ;,'Jill h... r'.~;.lucC'd .f~' 1;n 30 te. If) [n2rcent i1S -3
<br />result cf the proj02ct dL:""L;l'~l:)ill,~nt. ,\..;rJit.i.i:mr:l1 i~~rif,Cltlun wa.t'2r Hill increase
<br />net farm income by $2,918,000 :lT~nu~lly ,uct n~t ~~nefits frcm :)r~c~ssin8 and
<br />marketing farm ill":l:uct::; by S?~n88,qoo :1nnuc111y, u,JSi2C c'n inde;{es of 250 and 265
<br />for aEricul tUr'E:: prices ::'(~.:.~i v'..:;'.:! ;:lnd ;'2.i,J.I l:\~Si)cct ively.
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<br />Hater fnr Homes anu FA.ctoricE
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<br />Hunicipal a.nd industrial ,'later aVr'i,ilal.'le in the Arkansas Vall~y is barely
<br />adequate and thc= need fo!' water \o;ill become critical h'ith ~',o~)"Lllati':rn increases.
<br />In many tmms, Hater is 0f poor quali -ry.
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<br />UnJer the project, 20,500 3cre-feGt of water will l)e available tc muni-
<br />cipalities; 10,000 acre-feet to Colorado Srrin8s; 3,000 acre-feet to Pueblo;
<br />and the remainder to ~ther Valley to....'ilS t-lhich have requested project water to
<br />repl,]ce unsatisf<lctory stlprlie.s. Pipeline systems will deliver Hater from Canon
<br />Ci ty tD Colorado Sprinr;s, and frc,m Pue!J.lo Reservoir to Arkansas Valley towns
<br />cast of Pueblo, Colorado,
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<br />COi,STRUCTION PROGRA~l
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<br />Construction sf the pre'ject is und8rway; the contract for c~nstructio~ c~
<br />R'ledi Dam a"d ReservC'ir w,'s ,,,,,arded c,n July 15, 1964. The second meljop con.
<br />stJ:'uc-rion contract was :=iward~d '::m r'1ay 26, 1965, f,:.l' construction of 11 mi ~.')
<br /><)f tunnels 1 incluJin~ the Divide Tunnel 'lnJ the S'.Juth f::.rk and Chaprnun Tunnr.:..1_,s
<br />of the South Side Ccllecticn System.
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<br />The third majer' contract to Lc aWQrde(.~ 'dill (;2 f'A' CC:1struction of Sugar
<br />Leaf Dam, scheduled fo~ Awar~ in the ~ull ~f 1965, with the completion of this
<br />feature schcdulcG to cc,inr:iclc with the iJlitii:'..'=- div8r3i'~n of Western Slope water
<br />through the Divide Tunn21 in 1009,
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<br />E2.rly in the summer (J;- .1.906, tho::! C.':d1tract i:-; sche,;ul~d t,:> be awa.rded for
<br />10.5 miles of tunnels, c2nJls, sl~h0ns ~n~ ~j.versioll structures 0f the North
<br />Side CollectiDn System.
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<br />The full c.liversi.,:,n of 'I'le:stern '31Gpe water is sch~Juled for 1971 with th2
<br />com?letion of the cuntract for Hunter Creck Tunnel an~ Canal scheduled for award
<br />in 1969.
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