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Irrigation Water Project irrigation water will be supplied only for supplemental use to a total service area of 280,600 irrigable acres. These lands are located within the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District and will be served by existing distribution systems. When fully developed, increased gross form in- come from Proiect lands will exceed nine million dol. lars annually. Approximately one-third of this amount will directly accrue to area farmers as increased farm income with the remainder distributed throughout the agricultural, industrial and commercial sections thru all farm related activities, including processing and marketing increased agricultural production. Municipal and Industrial Water The present Proiect plan provides for 20,500 acre-feet of water for municipal and industrial use to supplement existing suppl ies. All cities and towns in the' Southeastern Colorado Water Conservoncy Distri~t ore eligible to apply for allotments of Project water. Flood Control Damaging floods have occurred from Canon City eastward. The largest flood of record, which occurred in June 1921, reached an estimated flow of 200,000 second-feet in La Junta. The loss of life was high, and property damage in the Valley was estimated at more than $19 million. Pueblo Reservoir with 93,000 acre-feet flood control space will provide approxi- mately $780,000 of benefits annually. A BENEFIT qF THE FRYINGPAN PROJECT 13 " Recreation - Fish and Wildlife The streams and lakes in the Project area will provide excellent fishing. The Upper Valleys, with their open parks and meadows with heavy stands of Aspen, Spruce and Fir, provide both summer and winter range for large herds of elk and deer. The Bureau of Reclamation in cooperation with other Federal, State and local agencies is planning and developing major recreation areas around Proj. ect reservoirs. The water surfaces and adjacent lands will be developed into high quality recreation areas, and will become attractions to tourists and the local people of Colorado, Pueblo Reservoir will develop into one of Colorado's more popular recreation areas, as there ore no bodies of water of any significant size located near the large population centers of Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Municipal Pipelines It is planned, at the request of Colorado Springs and municipalities east of Pueblo, to construct closed pipelines to provide Fryingpan-Arkansas Project water for the citizens of those communities. These pipelines will be constructed at the specific expense to the mu- nicipalities involved, although authorization for the construction of such pipelines is included in the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project approved by Congress. No part of the single purpose municipal and industrial water supply works involved in the Fryingpan-Arkan- sas Proiect shall be constructed by the Secretary in the absence of evidence satisfactory to him that it would be infeasible for the communities involved to construct the works themselves, sing'ly or jointly. Ne- gotiations will be carried on .with the municipalities to determine their projected needs and their willingness to obligate themselves for the repayment of the pipe- lines. Such pipelines will provide supplemental water to that which the municipalities already own, and will enable the leaders of those communities to make plans for future growth and development. Winter Storage Owners of native water along the Arkansas River will be afforded an opportunity to store. their "winter. water" in Pueblo Reservoir and thereby be enabled to put this water to more beneficial use during the growing season, At the present time, it is impossible for the various ditch companies to hold this critical water during the. non-productive months because of the lack of the storage facilities. It is ex. pected this "winter storage" program will enable the owners o"f. that water to be better assured of crop completion, and thereby, a more stable income factor. 14