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<br />. <br /> <br />~ "".... 'I <br />~~H <oJ <br /> <br />Report of the Regional Director <br /> <br />49. The seven powerplants would have a total installed <br />capacity of 104,800 kilowatts and an annual average output <br />of 505 million kilowatt-hours of which 400 million kw.-hrs. <br />would be firm energy. Losses would reduce the saleable ener- <br />gy to approximately 467.2 million kw.-hrs. of which 370 mil- <br />lion kw.-hrs. would be firm. Associated major power facili- <br />ties include 7 switchyards wi th a combined capacity of 116,440 <br />kv.-a. and a transmission ~stem consisting of about 400 miles <br />of n5-1w. lines with 9 substations. The transmission system <br />would serve customers of the United ~tates and would inter- <br />connect with other utilities and enable the interchange and <br />wheeling of power from various sources. The C.F.&1. Corpor\'l- <br />t:i.Pn intermittently produces waste-heat electric energy as <br />a result of steel mill operations. If agreements could be <br />reached, such energy might be fed into the project system <br />on an exchange basis or under some other arrangement where- <br />by more efficient project power operation would result. <br />Additional generation in the Elbert Powerplant might accrue <br />from the exchange of Twin Lakes water involved in the main- <br />tenance of fish nows in the Roaring Fork River. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />50. The Pueblo Reservoir would inundate some 500 <br />acres of irrigated land. All other lands i~ the Eastern <br />Slope reservoir sites and for the canals sre, either low- <br />value private land or public land. The Eastern Slope res- <br />ervoirs would require the relocations of about 20 miles of <br />state highway and 20 miles of railroad, but no unusually <br />difficult construction problems have become apparent. The <br />high altitude and short working season pose some problems <br />for the Sugar Loaf and ~nn Lakes enlargements and associ- <br />ated facilities. The dam and reservoir sites are situated <br />over glacial moraines which may result in some seepage; <br />however, tightness beyond stability is not necessary. <br /> <br />Munic'ipal water system <br /> <br />51. The '[lrojed could '[lrovide sll'[lpleroental municipal <br />water for Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Complete replace- <br />ment of existing municipal supplies has been requested by <br />the valley towns of Manzffi101a, Rocl~ Ford, La Junta, Las <br />Animas, Lamar, Crowley, Wiley, and Eads. Tentatively, <br />15,000 acre-feet of project water have been reserved an- <br />nually for municipal use. Specific municipal supply <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />R <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />- <br />