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<br />-e- <br /> <br />: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-e-. <br /> <br />"J'-'C .- <br />~. \..:U ..J <br /> <br />(Introduotion) <br /> <br />shortages, but inereused industrial development is retarded because of <br />lack of sufficicnt water. Along the Arkanscs River above Pueble, muni- <br />cipal vmter supplies arc cdequate for the present population. In gen- <br />eral, most of the other towns and cities in the volley do not havo acute <br />water shortoges undor present cenditions, but 011 oxcept Colorode Springs <br />arc soriously in need of a better quolity of woter. The anticipnted in- <br />creose in population for the cities of Pueblo and Colorado Springs from <br />development of tho potenticl Gunnison-Arkansas Projoct would croate a <br />dornnnd for municipal wcter in excess of the amount which could bo BUP- <br />plied by tho existing systems. <br /> <br />In the Initial Development c supplemental municipal supply of 5,700 <br />acre-feet of water per year would be mode available to thu cities of <br />Fuoblo and Colorado Springs. For tho purposos of this report, tho de- <br />toilud discussion of supplying additionnl municipal water has been <br />lirr,itcd to the cities of Fueblo and Color"do Springs. It 'is recognized, <br />hO"Qver, th"t other cities cnd tovms in the valley "my also wish to aug- <br />ment or improve their municipal supplies at the time of tho Initiol <br />Development. This could be accomplished by reducing the CTIount of ,votcr <br />m"dc avoibblo fer irrigntion. Cities ootc.ining l1lunicipfll wnter would <br />be expected to pay the costs of procurement over flnd above ony <br />neoessnry replccareont to the Arkflnsas River incident to the sutisfaction <br />of thoir diversions. <br /> <br />In the If.uximum Gravity Divorsion the municipnl vmter requirements <br />of most cities and to,vns in the Arkcnscs'V~lloy would bo much groutor, <br />and fl totel of cbout 45,000 ncro-feet of wc,tcr per year would be made <br />available to Puoblo, Colorado Springs, and other municipalitios pre- <br />viously mentioned os being able to obtain ,roter from tho project. <br /> <br />2 <br />