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, -'-~ ., .,.t ~ .,!.:..:,~,:i";';';' . " ", -. . .~>:<~:\,~:; ;:<;: :_"':~\;~:;:~";,~~'~ :~-~)[.~~.~.:dlki:~ftj:~ij~)i:~~t~~,:;)<~.; .~.:~:,. .~~~J,:'~;~'~.,:_~: .'. ,,_...,.., -.-- ':,,', . ~,I~.- ~ ',':. -;. _:._.". District and the Bureau. to affirm the fact it would be financially necessary' for the Bureau and the Dis- trict to construct the Proposed Conduits. In the Section "Fryingpan.Arkensas Project", reference was made to the necessity to obtain Congres- sional and Administration Reauthorization approval <:".:) of the Project due to projected increased costs, and r:") the construction of the second 100 magawatt unit. ...... During the Course of the Hearings before the Senate CX'J and House Commi!tees! the Secretary of Interior, and 00 the Commissioner of Reclamation, recommended that W the two Proposed Municipal Pipelines be withheld from Project construction until a second Economic Feasibi- lity Study could be made. to determine whether or not the entities were capable of constructing the Pipe- lines themselves. The District objected to the Pro- posal, and the Congress kept the Pipelines in. How- ever, the District determined it necessary that an Eco- nomic Study be done, and on September 19, 1974, re- tained the Firm of C. H. Hoper and AS!5ociates. of Denver, Colorado~ to perfect a Two Phase Feasibility Study. The First was on the Proposed Pipeline from Canon City to the Colorado Springs, Widefield, Foun. tain, Security and Stratmoor Hills area; and the Sec- ond on the - Proposed Conduit between Pueblo and Lamar. Mr. Hoper conducted exhaustive Economic Studies with all entitles involved, and during the same period the members of the Board of Directors of the District approved a Tentative Agreement setting forth the amounts of water to be allocated to both Pipelines, thus enabling the Bureau of Reclamation and Hoper to determine ultimate costs of the Pipelines and water. The five entities to be served by the Fountain Valley Pipeline also entered into a Working Organization to construct a Water Treatment Pla.nt independent -from the costs of the Pipeline. It is the hope of the District that the First Phase Report will be completed in Feb. ruary 1975, for tran!5mittal to the Secretary of In- terior. During 1974 Officials from the District held many meetings with various GQvernmental Agencies in Washington, D. C. to determine whether alternate methods of financing would be available for the Pro- posed Arkansas Valley Conduit to include one or more Treatment Plants between Pueblo and Lamar, to treat not only Project water but also the total water supply. It was hoped this could be accomplished under the Rural Development Act 01 1972. A meeting 01 in. terested Officials was held in Las Animas, Colorado, July 17, under the auspices of the Lower Arkansas Valley Council of Government, and after a detailed explanation of the various alternatives by representa- ti\'es from the Engineering Firm of Black and Veatch, District Officials and the Bureau of Reclamation, it was agreed the entities preferred a single Pipeline from a Treatment Plant in Pueblo, rather than the complicated and very expensive alternatives. 17 COOPERATIVE STUDIES The District has been an active participant in Cooperative Studies with the U. S. Geological Survey, State Engineer's Office. Colorado Water Conservation Board, and Prhrate Consulting Firms, for a number of years, with the full expectation that all accumulated data would be available to the District and to all water users within the boundaries of the District, in develop- ment of workable Management Programs. Of great importance to all \\-'ater users, and Official State and National Agencies, is the Computer Program which has been developed over a period of 12 years, Clnd which identifies the complicated inter-relationship be- tween surface and ground water. Studies have also been completed identifying the Transportation Time and Transit Loss between Twin Lakes and Pueblo, and a Study is currently underway to determine the same characteristics of the River between Pueblo and John Martin. These elements are essential to manage waters in the River. Ground Water Studies are being con- ducted in the Wet Mountain Valley, the Upper Arkan. sas Valley, Fountain Valley and Tributaries, to Pro- gram a Total Water Regime in the Basin. Private En- gineering Studies were conducted for the District by world famous Horticulturists and Hydrologists rela- tive to the water reqirements for various forms of vegetation and other habitat. Copies of all Reports have been made available to members of the Colorado General Assembly, Courts of Law, Official Water Agencies and to owners of adjudicated decrees. A complete Water Management Program is critical to the District in its long-range Management of Frying- pan-Arkansas Project and other waters available to it. OFI'ICIAL WATER MEETINGS The District is necessarily involved in Local, Statel Regional, Basin and National Resource Manage- ment Programs, and it is thereby necessary that rep- resentatives be active in a number of Water Resource Associations. The Board of Directors adopted a Policy several years ago encouraging individual members of the Board to attend' various Meetings, Symposiums, Workshops and Tours, to gather information and data to be used by the B('ard in long-range planning. As a result of this responsibility~ representatives from the District have testified before the Congress of the United States and the Colorado General Assembly; actively participated in activities of the Water Re- sources Congress, National Water Resources Associa- tion, Colorado River Water Users Association, Four States Irrigation Council, Arkansas River Ba!5in Inter. state Committee, Arkansas Basin Development Associa- tion~ Colorado Water Congress, Colorado Water Con- servation Board, Fry-Ark Operating Principles Com- mittee, Colorado River Advisory Committee, Arkansas River Compact Administration,' National Water Com- ....... 18 '-''':~o:o,~''--:;.:'7,-"::.".-.