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<br />FRYING PAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO
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<br />gation replacement water, three pumping plnnt.s, one small regulating
<br />reservoir, one treatment plant, fiud about. 17.5 miles of pipelines.
<br />Other structures and equipment. would be required for eonst.ruetion
<br />and opeTal.ion such itS one permanent cnmp, t'_aretakers' residences
<br />and shops, warehouses, const,ruction camps, offices mal laboratorir.s,
<br />and a. communicat.ions system.
<br />40, Imported .lincl Hative water would be stored first. in an enlarged
<br />Sugar Loaf Reservoir on die Lnke Fork of the Arkansas River. Re-
<br />leases would flow ahout 20 miles sout.h in t,he Elbert section of t,hf'_
<br />Arkansas power cnnal, t,hen through the Elhert hydrof-'lectric powel'
<br />plant and int.o the e,nhl.rgcd Twin Lakes Reservoir. The 10-mile
<br />Snowden eanal would divert. addit.ional Arknnsns River wuter into the
<br />'J\l,rin Lakes Reser\Toir, From there. t,he water-increased hy tribu-
<br />tary interceptions llnd by the \Vapnco diversion from Ule river-would
<br />flow sout,h some 40 miles in the ArkaIlSllS power cUllnl and he returned
<br />to the mU.1n ~t.rt'tun IWllr SlIlida. Powel' would he g(,lwrnted en rout,e
<br />in t.l1C Grunite, \VnpH(,o, Princr.ton, Johnson. and 8nlida hydroclcetrie
<br />power plnnts. Forebnys would lll~ providerl abon-' the Princeton,
<br />Johnson, and Salicia phmts. The existing Clenr Crel'k Reservoir
<br />(cnpncit.y about 11 ,400 tt<'l'l~-fl'et) would I)~ ndapt.ed for use as un
<br />aft.erbay for t.he Granite power plant,. An aftel'bny would be provided
<br />on the Arknnsas Rin-'I' for the :-:'u.lidn plant.. NeHI' Slllida. and Canon
<br />City some wilt~r might be diyertetl for irrigatiOlI. The remainder
<br />"'lOuld cont.inue down t.he ri\'cr to t.he pot.ential Pup-hIo Resen,roir.
<br />l\.fost of t.he slIpplpment,al irrigntion rcll'fls(~s from t,hat reseI'voir would
<br />be made t.hrough the Pueblo hydroelectric power plunt.
<br />47. Summfirizt~d dl1 ta on tlw, threp major PHstnrn slope dams I1nd
<br />reservoirs fire as follows:
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<br /> PolR.nti:~l tlim('_nsiom
<br /> Present
<br />Dam ('rrt'sl~r"olr rescr.oir
<br /> c:lINcity 'rotal .4.rl1\'C' Normalsur- Hei~ht
<br /> (u.cre-fel!t) cu.p.lt:i[y t~lp:\city t:l.C"elLTlla OrdlJ,lll
<br /> (:wrr-(ef't) (aCfc-rept) (:len's) (feet)
<br />~u!"lr Loaf.. __uu_.u___u__ --__.___00_- li,OOO 117,000 Ili,OOO 1.550 140
<br />TWin L~k~s__u_... ---. ___.u_unu_._ .5f"OOO 200,000 2f.o,000 4,lf,o ]05
<br />PuiCblo_._u_. ___Bun__n____ .-----. - _00--00-_-- -tOO,DOD ~J\jO,OW 6.700 \80
<br />Totl\l____.______n__________._.__"___ i3.ooo i77,000 i67,000 12,410 _"_-.00 .---
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<br />48. Thc Colorndn Fue-I & Iron Corp., owncr nnd operator of the
<br />Sugttr Lour l{~sc-rvoir, hus inforrnally requested 10,000 acre-feet of
<br />projeet reserVOIr :'\torngc spRce in addition to replacement of its present.
<br />eapaeit.y. The Twin Lakes Reservoir & Cnnal Co. bas made n. similur
<br />request~ for 54,000 fiLTo-feet. of ndditiollal i'escrvoir storage space.
<br />Bot,h compllnics would pu~' n service chnrge. Capaeities of the
<br />potential EustcI'n Slope reservoirs have- ucen t.ent.Rt.jvely allocuted
<br />flS follows:
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<br />Function:
<br />Con:,>cr\'atiull ___________________. ____nn
<br />Power ______"___________________________________________
<br />Flood ~~~l-t,rol (Pueulo Res.) __ - - - __ _ __ __ _ __ _ __ - n _ - _ __ __ __ n ~ n
<br />~ediHle[Jt, C'ont,rol (Pueblo fies.)________________________________
<br />Dea.d !>torage (Pll~hlo Re"~.)_____~______________ ______________
<br />Coloradu Fuel &. Irol1 Corp _ _ _ n _ _ q __ _ u _ ___
<br />Twill Lakes Co___" _ _ _ _ _ _. _ _ ~ _ _ _____ __ = = _ _ ~_ _ _ _ = = === === = = ~ = ==
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<br />Acre.faC
<br />315,600
<br />135,000
<br />\)3,000
<br />94, 400
<br />, 2,000
<br />27,000
<br />110,000
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<br />Tot.L ________ ___ _________
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<br />777,000
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