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<br />system of over 400 miles of lIS-kilovolt transmission lines
<br />which would deliver the power to customers in the area
<br />and also interconnect with other utilities to enab~e the
<br />interchange and wheeling of power from various sources.
<br />Even with the proposed new facilities, on the basis
<br />of 1948 installations, plus all known additions scheduled
<br />or projected, less normal or necessary retirements, the
<br />market area will still have a deficiency in power supply.
<br />Potential hydroelectric power developments are lim-
<br />ited and would not and could not supplant all existing
<br />or all potential power plants supplying fuel'generated
<br />energy. The twO types of plants are complementary.
<br />Operation of hydro and fuel plants should be coordinated
<br />by inter-connected systems.
<br />From a fuel conservation standpoint, however, the
<br />hydroelectric power possibilities of the area should be
<br />developed to their fullest extent so that the use of natural
<br />gas, oil, and coal reserves, now powering 89 per cent of all
<br />e1ec~ri~ generation in the project area, would be kept at
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<br />MUNICIPAL WATER NEED IS EXTREME
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<br />Need for additional water supplies for the Colorado
<br />communities in the project area is emphasized in the
<br />official report approved by Secretary of the Interior, Oscar
<br />ChaJ:>Tl1an.
<br />The quantity and quality of municipal water avail-
<br />able on the eastern slope is not adequate at present, and
<br />with anticipated population increases, municipal water
<br />supplies will be needed, particularly by Pueblo and Cola,
<br />rado Springs.
<br />With the exception of the drouth period of the
<br />1930's, the population of the Arkansas valley has steadily
<br />grown since settlement first begun, and continued popu-
<br />lation growth is anticipated. By the year 2000, it is esti-
<br />mated that 432,000 persons will be living in the Arkan,
<br />sas valle,'.
<br />Alo~g with the increase in population will come an
<br />jncreased demand for municipal water. Pueblo, Coloradu
<br />Srrings, and the valley towns are already in urgent need
<br />o supplemental municipal supply.
<br />The repon estimates that approximately 17,000 acre-
<br />feet will be needed "y cities and towns in the Valley in
<br />addition to their present supplies, Under the Frying Pan,
<br />Arkansas project, this would be supplied by 15,000 acre,
<br />feet of project water and 2,000 acre-feet from the existing
<br />Wurtz ditch.
<br />The diversion 'plan contemplates furnishing 4,000
<br />acre-feet of water to the City of Colorado Springs.
<br />Under the program, 2,700 acre-feet would he
<br />pumped into the Colorado Springs system annually from
<br />Middle Beaver creek and replaced by 3,200 acre,feet of
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