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<br />I <br /> <br /> <br />SPilLWAY, SUGAR LOAF DAM <br /> <br />Pueblo Dam and Reservoir <br /> <br />Pueblo Dam. will be located on the Arkansas <br />River six miles west of the City of Pueblo, Colorado. <br />The earthfill dam will be 185 feet high with a crest <br />length of 10,600 feet and will create the largest <br />reservoir on the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. It will <br />have 0 storage copacity of 357,000 acre-feet includ- <br />ing 93,000 acre-feet of flood storage space, 234,000 <br />acre-feet of conservation storage and a 30,000 acre. <br />foot permanent pool for recreation and fish and <br />wildlife. Initiol construction on this feature involves <br />relocating 16 and ~2 miles of Denver and Rio Grande <br />Western Railroad, which was storted on August 26, <br />1967. It is anticipated that construction on the actual <br />dam will begin in the spring of 1969. <br /> <br />POWER SYSTEM <br /> <br />The Project power system will include 22.2 miles <br />of canals, two powerplants, switchyards and trans. <br />mission lines. The generation system will have a <br />peaking capacity of 111 megawatts including a <br />pumped storage plant. <br /> <br />Water released from Turquoise lake combined <br />with native water intercepted from the Arkansas <br />River will be conveyed by the Elbert Canal to the <br />Elbert Forebay, near Twin lakes. The forebay, with <br />a storage capacity of 9,926 acre.feet, will regulate <br />and fe~d water into the Elbert Powerplant. The <br />Elbert Powerplant is being designed for 0 capacity of <br />100 megawatts with provisions for on additional 100 <br />megawatts for future installation. Elbert Powerplant <br />will be equipped for pumped storage operations pro- <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />vidin9 for the development of peaking p.ow.~r. :~mp- <br />b'nes will oct as pumps when water IS 11 te rom <br />~ur. I Lakes into the forebay during off.peak hours, <br />w~tthen will act as turbines when releases are mad de <br />an d" h f ok power e- <br />from the forebay unng ours 0 pe . <br />mond. <br />from Twin Lakes the water releases will be con- <br />d to the Otero Powerplant at Clear Creek Reser- <br />veyre via the Otero Conal and penstock. The Oter~ <br />;~~erplant will have 0 capacity of 11 m~Fawa~ts Ok <br />ower. Regulated water releases from ear R~ee <br />p "w"l\ be returned to the Arkansas Iver. <br />ReserVOir \ . . h th <br />Provisions will be made for interconnection WIt 0 er <br />Bureau power facilities. <br />Cooperation of the Homestake Proiect h~s b:en <br />coordinated with the Fryingpan.-Arka~sas Prolect <br />without modifications or increase In Pro1ectd f~atpur~s <br />and by agreement, water stored or conveye In rOI- <br />t facilities will be delivered to the Homestakhe <br />ec "h 0 ( I "lust above t e <br />Project at 0 pOInt on t e tero ana . <br />Otero Powerplant. This Program was worke.d out In <br />cooperation with the Cities ?f Colorado Spr~~g~ a~~ <br />A ra and is a cooperative Program w IC w <br />uorvoid~ benefits not only to the Fryingpan Arkansas <br />pr (" <br />Project, but also for the Itles. <br /> <br />WATER DEVELOPMENT AND BENEFITS <br /> <br />Over the economic life of the Project, the be~e- <br />. .. 1 47 to 1 for total Project benefits. <br />fit-cost ratio IS . $ 7 th f <br />That is for each dollar invested 1.4 war 0 <br />goods ~nd services will be returned to the local area, <br />State, and Nation. <br /> <br />'I <br /> <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />DIVERSION WORKS <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />< <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />