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<br />002lJJ4 <br /> <br />Initial Information Package <br />Williams Fork Hydroelectric Project <br />FERC Project No. 2204 <br /> <br />The cumulative winter snowpack in the region (liquid water equivalent) is about <br />14.75 inches. This figure is applicable to the surrounding mountain ranges but <br />not to the basin of Middle Park. At the Kremmling station the average cumulative <br />November through March snowpack totals about 3.3 inches. The snows in the <br />surrounding ranges, however, are important for the basin because meltwater from <br />them accounts for about 85 percent of the area's total streamflow.14 Even when <br />summer droughts occur, major drainages such as the Colorado River and the <br />Williams Fork River continue to flow and are a reliable water source. <br /> <br />3.0 GENERAL ENGINEERING DESIGN <br /> <br />3.1 Detailed Description <br /> <br />3.1.1 STRUCTURES <br /> <br />DAM AND WEST DIKE <br />The Williams Fork Dam is a concrete arch structure. The concrete dam <br />includes a spillway section. as well as an outlet works and penstock. In <br />addition to the concrete dam, a 2,000-foot long earth dam (west dike) <br />closes off a low saddle on the west side of the reservoir. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Table 3.1.1 - Dam Features <br /> <br />-, ~~ -- >". -.. <br />.F ... <br /> <br />^....~-_., - - - .. -." ,'-:' ::. ,- - - <br /> <br />_. =_":._1. "....~..L;. -, ,'~."_'_ --':,'---"."';"-- -~'. .. _. <br /> <br />: I Feature <br />. Location <br /> <br />.... ...... .._ J)(!scription <br /> <br />Located approximately 100 miles <br />northwest of Denver and about 2 miles <br />South of Parshall, CO. <br />.. _ __.. ,.._ _ ._ _ .'__' .u._. _.____ _ .~ _, _. <br />mtvfull~<:ipal. ~~tll~_S_upply _...__._ .... <br />_._I-ligh _____.,,___ ____ <br />Concrete Arch <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />j'l - _.._ .._ .. _'_.__".__. <br />::1 .~r{)o!ie .. _mmm _.__ <br />n I Haz~r<<!Clas~ir~ca.t!C).!l...,,_ <br />:1 Type ... ... . ......... <br />i!j Height <br />:q frest Length_ <br />I Cr~tElevllt_ioll ... ....... .._ <br />:1 Parapet Wall Elevation <br />" . .. .__. .".__...__ __u_ "._'_ ___.__.._ _ _._._.._. <br />:; I Crest )Vidth <br /> <br />209 feet <br />670 feet <br />""..- .-.- <br />7814 feet <br />7817 feet <br />10 feet <br /> <br />14 <br />Granl, L. 0., and A. M. Kahan <br />1974 Weather Modification for Augmenting Orographic Precipitation. Weather and Climate <br />Modification. W. H. Ness, ed., 282-317, John Wiley and Sons. <br /> <br />11 <br />