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<br />OO109/t <br /> <br />r ~;.... <br />C It> <br />;y..,~'" <br />/; ,,1- <br />I" <br /> <br />Surface rock consists of glaciAl moraine. The found.ation bedrock con- <br /> <br />sists of meta~orphic end igneous rocks, principally extrusive granite. <br /> <br />At the damsi te the canyon at stream "bed is 190 feet "ide, whereas at <br /> <br />ths top of the dam it is 2,380 feet in width. <br /> <br />The dam i~ to De a combination earth and rockfill structure with <br /> <br />a maximum height of 95 feet. The irrigation outlet capacity is 800 <br /> <br />second-feet and the spillway capacity is 5,000 second-feet. <br /> <br /> <br />\'Ii th the;'high->Iater line at elevation 8,100 feet, the reservoir <br /> <br />would flood 653" acres of" land <br />~;' ~ f . .- . . <br />/. ..)A.c_ .I.l...t_.",. ~......... '. '. <br />fee t. ," .. "~.. " <br />___..';J..~ '~'T"'l....... .". ~.~-_.,,-.~-,.....t..~. <br /> <br />and would h&ve a capacity of\?,2,500 acre- <br />..j -. (:~. (' - " '. A.../ _.A:-' :" i .' <br />.j" -!'f! ......- "(""'//" '.....;.-;.. <br />~ '." ,,/":. '.'- . <br /> <br />""j <br /> <br />~.suming that the Colorado River Basin had been fully developed <br /> <br />and that the Gunnison-Arkansas Project had been in operation during the <br /> <br /> <br />period 1911-1944, water supply studies indicate that in the year 1931, <br /> <br />ths lowest year of dependable runoff record, the irrig2tion water uaers <br /> <br />in the Colorado River Basin below Glenwood Springs would have been <br /> <br />shorted 10,000 acre-feet in proportion to the Gunnison-Arkan'sae diver- <br /> <br />sion. A pOLsible snortage incident to the project of ~ 500 acre-feet <br /> <br />may occur on Hunter Creek. In the event the T>1in Lakes Reservoir and <br /> <br />Canal Company de"sire to avail themselves of their right to divert an <br />J~ " - <br />additional_5,OOO acre-feet to the Eastern Slope, the necessary replace- <br /> <br />n1ent would be available in the Aspen Reservoir. Industrial requirements <br /> <br />t. ,fp~..;j <br />(p~'~ to the Gunnison-Arkansas Project diversion, for euch uses as <br /> <br />paper pulp manufacture, gold mining, and oil shale mining, are antici- <br /> <br />pated to amount to 7,000 acre-feet. Accordingly, 22,500 acre-feet of <br /> <br />replacement storage has been provided in the Aspen Reservoir for >Ihich <br />'I' <br />the water users in '~':1e Arkansas Basin will pay :1;1+,219,000. <br /> <br />-&r <br />.:; f~ )... <br />