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<br />. <br /> <br />~- ('; ("1' ..: <br />~.~v.;... <br /> <br />CHAPTER n <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSAL <br /> <br />A. Former Proposal <br /> <br />The former alinement of the Fountain Valley Conduit began at the <br />diversion site on the Arkansas River near the east edge of <br />Canon City and ended near the south edge of Colorado Springs. (See <br />Fi~ure II-I.) The pipe was designed to carry a maximum of about 40 <br />ft /s through pipe sizes ranging up to 42 inches in diameter. This <br />would be an annual delivery of 20,000 acre feet. Cities to be served <br />were' Penrose, Colorado Springs, Stratmoor Hills, Widefield, Security <br />and Fountain. The length of the conduit would have been approxi- <br />mately 38 miles with 10 miles of laterals. The pipe size for the <br />Wide field lateral would have been 12 to 15 inches in diameter. <br /> <br />The diversion works would have been designed for operation throughout <br />the year and included trashracks and a sediment removal basin. <br />Effects of ice on operation of the diversion works were being <br />considered. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Five pumping plants, including five forebay tanks and four surge <br />tanks, would have been required to lift the water over the high <br />ground between Canon City and Colorado Springs. From the proposed <br />storage reservoir near the main Fort Carson housing complex, the <br />conduit would branch with one branch continuing north and connecting <br />to the Colorado Springs district system. The other branch would <br />continue on to deliver to the Cheyenne Mountain Reservoir. <br /> <br />A water treatment plant, to have been constructed by the water using <br />C1~t::u(.ies-and not a project fl;>:Jt"IITPJ wa.s-1le~n&-.P'lanned for construction <br />near Canon City. <br /> <br />The source of power supply for all five pumping plants had not been <br />established at the time the diversion point was changed to Pueblo <br />Dam. The assumption had been that power for pumping plants 1 and 2 <br />would have been obtained from Southern Colorado Power at Canon City <br />and that about 8 miles of 69-kV powerline would have been required at <br />the southern end of the conduit. The power supply for pumping plants <br />3, 4 and 5 would probably have been obtained from Colorado Springs. <br />About 30 miles of 69-kV power line would have been required to provide <br />power to the three pumping plants. In general, the transmission <br />lines would follow the right-of-way for the conduit. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />II-I <br />