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<br />001721 <br /> <br />,< <br />'{/: ~: <br />, , <br /> <br />,I <br /> <br />,1 l <br />.' '" .".,' <br /> <br />,,' <br /> <br />M...WI.rol4- G'..A,1flT....DJjVERSI,ON 'PLAN <br /> <br />This possible expansion of the Initial Development would provide <br /> <br />the Eastern Slope with additional transrnountain wator by diversione <br /> <br />and interceptions from other tributaries of the Roaring Pork and Gunnison <br /> <br />Rive.rs. <br /> <br />The potsntial Curecanti Reservoir and. powerplant on the Gunnison <br /> <br />River, with appurtenant transmission lines and substations, are possible <br /> <br />Western Slope developments that could be integrat.ed with other facili- <br /> <br />tiec of the Maximum Gravity Diversion plan. Additional studies s~e <br /> <br />needed to determine fully the potentialities of the Curecantl Reservoir. <br /> <br />Replacement storage, lon~term or cyclic storace, power possibilities, <br /> <br />and recreational consideration. are 'among the many potent factors that <br /> <br />muet be invsstifated more fully. <br /> <br />Diversiona from Anthracite Creek on the North Fork Gunnison River <br /> <br />and from the C~stal River, a tributary of the Roaring Fork River, <br /> <br />combined with natural flows of the Slate and East Rivers and smaller <br /> <br />streame would be carried by canal to the potential Almont Reservoir to <br /> <br />be located on the Taylor River. The pri~ary function of that roservoir <br /> <br />would be the regulation of water for diversion to the Eastern Slope, <br /> <br />slthough ~'droelp.ctric power would be generated at the dam by uniform <br /> <br />releases of water for downstream fish culture. <br /> <br />The potential Gunnison-Arkansas Tunnel from the Almon~ Reservoir <br /> <br />would transport water north and, elest 12 miles to a point near T.,.ylor <br /> <br />Park Reservoir and thence 22,miles through the Continental Divide to <br /> <br />the Eastern Slope. Auxiliary pumping into the tranemountain tunnel <br /> <br />>Iould be necessary at times of low water levels in the Almont Reservoir, <br /> <br />61 <br />