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<br />Until th re has developed a suffioient market for power to j\istify the ~on-
<br />struoU:O of power plants nos . 2 and 3, ,the water. wi.ll be turnee!,into the B~g
<br />Thompson at power plant no. 1 and oarriedbytha.t stream to a . d1 '\'ersi on;dam,
<br />looated' SE 1/4 seo. 1, T.5, N., R. 71W., about, midway betweenthepzlesent
<br />diversi dam and power plant for the tOVin of Loveland, Colo;.
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<br />POWER CANAL NO. 4
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<br />1!'r this diversion dam the water will beoarried in ,a oanuQf 7500ubio
<br />seoond-f et oapaoity on the south side of the stream a distance of 4.93 miles
<br />to a poi just above the mouth of t,heBigThomPllon Canyon. At this poillt a
<br />portion the water wil,l drop direot, into the Big Thompson River to su~plythe
<br />supp16ll\e d water dena~s of tha.tstream, and a portion will be siphonec!" aoross
<br />to ele:va ion 5,450 to supply the oe.ndgoing to the Poudre River, whioh)'lill
<br />be desor ed later. Power plants nos. 4 and 4-A wiil be oonstructed atthill
<br />point to ake advantage of a fall of, 550 feet ~nto the Thompson and 358 J'ee,t to
<br />the Poue! Canal when the power market justifies.
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<br />CARTER LA!<EStJl>PLY CAxu,
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<br />Abo 3.07 m:l.1es below the diversion dam mentioned abOve, a oane.! 0'1,' 300
<br />oubio fee per seoond takes off toward the south, and supplies Carter Lake.
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<br />This oanal is 8.78 miles in length, of whioh 1,040 feet is tUllrull 1.878,
<br />feet siph n, and the remainder is open oanal.
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<br />The st1mated oost of this supply oanal is $710,629.
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<br />Cll.RTER LAKE RESERVOIR
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<br />Tilts sit,e is located in Ts.4 and 5 N., R. 70 W., of siltth prj,noipal
<br />meridian', about 1 mile north and 7 miles west of Berthoud, Colo. ,',
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<br />The eservoir will oooupy a :valley about 2-3/4 miles long and ,from Qne_
<br />half to 1 mile wide. The na-thern portion of the area is a nll.t\.u'al basilil oalled
<br />Carter' LA e. This lake dried up during the last 5 drought years, for the, first
<br />time with n the memory of the white settlers. "
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<br />The roposed ms.ximum water surfaoe in the reservoir is at elevations.760
<br />with a 08: aoity of 111,963 aore-feet.The area of high water line is 1,t50 ,
<br />aores. ~ r this water surfaoe three dams will be required. pam no, 1 is
<br />loeatee!" the nll.tural outlet of the valley ane! will o ontain the outlet Work/!
<br />for the r servoirl the other two dams will oooupy,saddles. TheSe dams ape earth
<br />and rook illl the ms.in dam is 24; feet high, and the saddles 43 and 4e.re~
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<br />paoity of the outlet t,o St. Vre.in supply oanal is 300 oubio fe.tper
<br />outlet to the Big Thompsoh he.s a oapaoity of 1,000 oubio feet; per
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