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<br />Northward, the Charles Hansen Feeder Canal transports water from Flatiron Reservoir to the Big <br />Thompson River and Horsetooth Reservoir. The canal crosses the Big Thompson River in a <br />siphon above the river and highway. Water from the Big Thompson River can be diverted into <br />the canal by Dille Diversion Dam and utilized for power generation at Big Thompson <br />Powerplant. <br /> <br />Project water deliveries and Big Thompson River water to be returned to the river are dropped <br />through a chute from the feeder canal ahead of the siphon crossing, or are passed through the Big <br />Thompson Powerplant to convert the available head to electric energy. <br /> <br />Horsetooth Reservoir is west of Fort Collins between two hogback ridges, where Horsetooth Dam <br />closes the gap at one end. Soldier, Dixon, and Spring Canyon Dams and Satanka Dike close the <br />remaining gaps. An outlet at Soldier Canyon Dam supplies water to the City of Fort Collins, <br />three rural domestic water districts, Colorado State University, and the Dixon Feeder Canal for <br />the irrigated area cut off from its original water supply by the reservoir. The principal outlet from <br />Horsetooth Reservoir is through Horsetooth Dam into the Charles Hansen Supply Canal. This <br />canal delivers water to a chute discharging into the Cache la Poudre River and to a siphon <br />crossing the river to supply the Windsor Reservoir and Canal Company. A turnout from the <br />Supply Canal supplies the City of Greeley municipal water works. Water is delivered to the river <br />to replace, by exchange, that water diverted upstream to the North Poudre Supply Canal, which <br />conveys it to the North Poudre Irrigation Company System. <br /> <br />filename: COT AOP98DFr <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />Preliminary Working Draft July 8. t999 <br />