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<br />'"0 r r:" ': <br />,jv,"", <br /> <br />Report of the Regional Director <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />facilities outlined hereafter in paragraphs 52 and 56 are <br />included in the project plan as a requested service. Such <br />construction is proposed only if construction by the com- <br />munities themselves proves to be ihfeasible. ' This phase of <br />the project is flexible and susceptible of modification or <br />elimination, in whole or in part, without rendering the re- <br />mainder of the project economically infeasible. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />52. A supplemental municipal supply for Colorado <br />Springs would involve an exchange of irrigation water by <br />means of project facilities. A pumping plant on Upper".Mid- <br />dle Beaver Creek would lift water to the city's system on <br />Pikes Peak. En route to the city, the water would generate <br />energy in two municipal powerplants, the output of which <br />would exceed the loss in the Skaeuay Hydroelectric Power- <br />plant, on Middle Beaver Creek, owned by the Southern Colo- <br />rado Power Company. Colorado Springs could reimburse the <br />company for the lost power value. Replacement of the di- <br />verted water for irrigation use near Penrose would be ac- <br />complished by diverting water from Oil Creek to the existing <br />BruSh Hollow Reservoir. A diversion dam and a'15-mile sup- <br />ply canal would be necessary. Through a series of exchanges <br />and coordinated operation of the Mount Pisgah Reservoir on <br />Oil Creek and the Skaguay Reservoir, satisfactory replace- <br />ment of irrigation water in the Arkansas Valley could be <br />achieved. <br /> <br />53. Four thousand acre-feet of project water annually <br />have been allotted to Colorado Springs for its immediate <br />requirements. Of this 4,000 acre-feet, 2,700 acre-feet <br />could be pumped into the city's system from Beaver Creek. <br />Replacement of this 2,700 acre-feet for irrigation would <br />require 3,200 acre-feet of project water due to transit <br />and other losses. The remaining 800 acre-feet of project <br />water represents reserve for replacement of possible di- <br />versions to the city from other tributaries of the Arkansas <br />River 0 <br /> <br />54. Pueblo requires 3,000 acre-feet of project water <br />annually. Project facilities would also enable the conser- <br />vation of 2,000 acre-feet of Wurtz Ditch transmountain water <br />for municipal use and treatment of pueblo's present supply <br />of 21,000 acre-feet. Delivery of water to Pueblo would be <br />accomplished from the Pueblo Reservoir through a central <br />system for all valley towns. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />55. The valley towns require 8,000 acre-feet of <br />project water annually of which 460 acre-feet represents <br />a reserve for those communities and o~lers. The water <br />would entirely replace existing unsatisfactory supplies. <br /> <br />R <br /> <br />18 <br />