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<br />00lG74 <br /> <br />Municinal ~i8ter <br /> <br />Municipal water supplies on the Western Slope are ade~uate in both <br /> <br />quality and quantity. In the Eastern Slope area, hO\,ever, the quantity <br /> <br /> <br />of municipal water is barely adequate for present demands. The quality <br /> <br />at towne along the Arkansas Hiver from Pueblo eastward is very poor <br /> <br />because of excessive hardness. Practically all water in the Arkansas <br /> <br />Valley requires softening for boiler use. Several municipalities are <br /> <br />in need of addi tional <br /> <br />water supplies immediately. In order to meet the <br />.A'l ,",:i((r-I, ,,'-tf I <br />requires 5,000 acre-feet, Colorado Springs 4,000 <br />" <br /> <br />present demand Pueblo <br /> <br />acre-feet and the various tOWllR down'the Arkansas Valley below Pueblo, <br /> <br />8,000 acre-fest. 1'ifty- years hence it is anticipated that these require- <br /> <br />ments will be increased to <br /> <br />acre-feet for Pueblo, <br /> <br />acre-feet for Colorado Springs, and <br /> <br />acre-feet for the valley- <br /> <br />towns. All municipalities are in need of better quality water. <br /> <br />Although exieting indQ"tries are not suffering acute shortages, addi- <br /> <br />tional industrial development iR limited so far as water is concerned. <br /> <br />~lootl Control <br />Only two major flood control projects have been constructed on the <br /> <br />Eastern Slope, none on the Western Slope. The larger of the two Eastern <br /> <br />Slope projects is the John Mro'tin Reservoir, constructed by the War Depart- <br /> <br />ment, on the Arkansa,s Rivp.r about 16 miles above Lam1l.r which is desir,ned <br /> <br />to reduce or alleviate all floods beyond that point to Great Bend, Kansae. <br /> <br />Of its total original capacity of 701,000 acre-feet, 420,000 acre-feet <br /> <br />h.ave been alloce.ted to irrigation UG" and 2/l1,OOO acre-feet to flood <br /> <br />cont.rol. The other major flood control project consists of a barrier <br />dam across the Arkansas RiVEr about 6 miles west of Pueblo and an <br /> <br />24 <br />