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<br />The Frying Pan,Arkansas project is a multiple l'ur-
<br />pose project. It would divert an annual 69,200 acre,feet
<br />of water from thet western to the eastern slope, reregulate
<br />approximately 110,000 acre-feet of Arkansas River water,
<br />aid 322,000 acres of irrigated land, develop additional
<br />hydroelectric power and other benefits, and supplement
<br />domestic water supplies in Arkansas valley cities and
<br />towns, including Pueblo and Colorado Springs.
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<br />Physically, the plan includes:
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<br />I. A system. of 50 miles of canals and tunnels On
<br />the western slope for collection of water from Hunter
<br />creek and the Frying Pan river, tributaries of the Roaring
<br />Fork river. The diversion area, located within the boun-
<br />daries bf the White River national forest at elevations
<br />above 10,000 feet. is mountainous and primitive.
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<br />2. Construction of the Aspen reservoir with an
<br />active storage cal'acity of 28,000 acre,feet on the Roaring
<br />Fork river near the town of Aspen on the western slope.
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<br />3. Construction of the Frying Pan,Arkansas tunnel,
<br />about six miles in length and at 10,000 feet altitude thru
<br />the Continental Divide for diverting water collected on
<br />the western slope to the eastern slope. The tunnel would
<br />be the highest ever built by the Bureau of Reclamation;
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<br />4. On the eastern slope, three earth-fill dams, 60
<br />miles of power canal, over 10 miles of diversion canals,
<br />seven hydroelectric power plants and switch yards, three
<br />small forebays and twoafterbays, nine substations and
<br />about 400 miles of transmission lines, and a municipal
<br />water supply system.
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