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<br />The Initial Development annually would import ap!>roximatelj' ,60,.'000
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<br />acre-feet of water from the Fryinfllan River for supplemental irrigation
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<br />needs on the Ea.teru Slope; enable an additional diversion of some
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<br />15.000 acre-feet through the present Independence Pass development for
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<br />irrigation uses; store 5.000 acre-feet of Arkansas River flood Dows
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<br />and about 2,000 acre-feet of imported Wurtz Ditch water now being lost
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<br />agreement among the water users, of up to 97,000 acre-feet of ArkBnsa/ ~I'",,: L
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<br />No new lands on the Eastern Slope would be irrigated under the
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<br />Initial Development.
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<br />However. through maximum use of project fad1i ties
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<br />about one-half the supplemental water re~uirements could be furnished to
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<br />322,000 acres of inadequately irrigated land.
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<br />The plan of operatbn is
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<br />based upon the formrotion of a Conservancy District which would purchase
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<br />the irrigation I<ater enrl gell it to the ul timate users,. Thus, no def-
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<br />inite water utilization area can be delineated in the plan. Feasibility
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<br />determinations are based on the supposition that supplemental municipal
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<br />water amounting to 17,000 acre-feet could be made available to Pueblo,
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<br />Colorado Springs; and other towns in the Arkansas Valley below Pueblo
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<br />in order to satisfy the immediate nseds of thoGe communities. Of the
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<br />total municipal supply, contemplated under this plan, Colorado Springs
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<br />would ~eceive 4,000 acre-feet by e~change procedure., the necessary
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<br />works to be provided by that city, Pueblo would obtain 5,000 acre-feet
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<br />and the valley towns could be fuxnished 8,000 acre-feet by moans of a
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<br />main pipeline from the potential Pueblo Reservoir whih branch lines to
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