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<br />on16'~ 9 <br /> <br />Outline of Pro~ect F~cilities <br /> <br />In order to accomplish the planned transmountain diversion of sur- <br /> <br />plus waters from the upper Fryingpan River Pasin to the Arkansas Basin, <br /> <br />the following facilities would be required: <br /> <br />Wes tern Slooe <br /> <br />(1) A replacement and storage reservoir on the Western Slope to <br /> <br />be known as the Aspen Reservoir. That reservoir, to be located on the <br /> <br />Roaring Fork River about 1 mile above the town of Aspen, woUld have A. <br />'l....'l,- Coo / .." <br />,',,-, -/, , <br />reP~ai:e' '.Iater <br /> <br />capaei ty of 30,000 acre-feet, which would be used to <br />it.- f','J", r ; ,-:.1,' ,', /', I.. <br />di verted to the Eas tern Slope. thaLwould-be - required -by' prior rights <br /> <br />along-the -Colo rado-Ri ver-. - <br />(2) A system of tunnels and cut and cover conduits ..'...F"'-. ,,,,,1,/,/ ~ I <br /> <br />milee in length to intercept the runoff of the upper Fryingpan River <br /> <br />and its tributaries for diversion to the Eastern Slope. <br /> <br />(3) A transmountain diversion tunnel through the Continental <br /> <br />Divide about 6 miles in length extending from a point on the Fryingpan <br /> <br />River at elevation 10,000 feet to Lake Fork of the Arkansas River about <br /> <br /> <br />3-1/2 miles above the existing Sugar Loaf Reservoir. <br /> <br />Es,stern Slooe <br /> <br />(4) A storage reservoir on Lake Fork formed by the enlargement of <br /> <br />tho existing Sugar Loaf Reservoir located 5 miles west of Leadville. <br /> <br /> <br />(5) A diversion dam on the Arkansas River at Snowden about , <br /> <br />miles southwest of Leadville to divert water by means of a canal 10 miles <br /> <br />in length to an enlarged storage reservoir known as Twin Lakes. <br /> <br />3 <br />