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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8141
Description
Fryingpan-Arkansas Project
State
CO
Basin
Arkansas
Water Division
5
Date
3/6/1952
Author
Commissioner BoR
Title
Report and Letter requesting Comments of the State and Official Comments of the State
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />3~2S <br /> <br />FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO <br /> <br />initial development of the Gunnison-Arkansas project, Roaring Fork <br />diversion over find abo\re pre~ent Rnd prospective cOIlsumpt.ive uses <br />within th~ not.ural basin of the Colorado River in Colorado. Western <br />slope i.ntel'ests would be protected by the Aspen Reservoir, by spe~inl <br />provisIOns for preseI'vatlOn of fish nnd wlldhfe, by eqllltable operation <br />of the project, and by assurance of noninterference in the llse of t.he <br />replaeement faeilitiee pro\'ided by the Colomdo-Big Thompson <br /> <br />projeetT. h . ' , I d I ' ' , '1 f 'bl I <br />83. e mILIa e'{e opmCI1tJ IS engmeerIng y. eaSl e aile CcOnOIn4 <br />ically justificd. It represents the minimum pmctieal project. It is <br />designed as a self-contained unit and its construction would not <br />imply a commitment for e::o..-pansion, exte.nsion, or enlargement. <br />Neither would it impnir nOr duplicate futurc development. <br />84. The estimated cost of the illitinl development of the Gunnison- <br />Arkansas project based on October 1949 prices is $147,440.000. <br />8,5. The tentat.ive alloention of this totnl cost among the various <br />functions to be scn'ed is as follows: <br />Function: <br />Irriga.tion: <br />Probably can be retmned in 40 vears without interest <br />through paymcllt~ hy the irrigation water users and Allocat,d COlt <br />di.,triet hellcficinrie:-L__u _~u____u_u $10,881,600 <br />Probahly ean be returned wit.hout interest through applica- <br />tion oC intewst on power and ntunieipal water invest- <br />menL___ _u__ _ UU __u___ __u__ _ u__ _ uup UU _ 49,048,400 <br />Power: Probably can be returned in 50 years with interest at <br />3 percent_ ~ u 'u _. _ u u __ _ u _ _ __ u _ _"u u _ u _ u u u _ _ _ __ 40, 032, 000 <br />Munidpal Rnd inrlustrial water !-iupply: Probably can be <br />returned in 40 years wlt.h interest at 2 perceuL _ __ u _ u__ _ 29,522,000 <br />Flnnrl controL__u___u _u____uu____u_u__~___ 15,777,000 <br />Mitigation of los~es t.o fish and wildlife resources: In accord- <br />nnce with Public Law 732, 79th Cong.. 2d 8e~s. (60 Stat. <br />10801________________________________________________ 2,179,000 <br /> <br />TotaL ___ _ ____ ______ ____ _ ____ _ _ ____ _ _ ____u _ n_ _ _ n 147,440,000 <br />86. The project would provide other bencfits for which nllocations <br />nre not authorized under existing- In.w. Suhsequent. allocation of II <br />project construct.ion costs to slIell beneficial functions should be I <br />made in the event of fut.ure legislat.ion. <br />87, Continued studies and illvestiglltions in the project areR and <br />in cont.iguous areas within the dminage of hoth slopes should be <br />pursued vigorousl.v on a rlepartment.nl basis, in cooperation with <br />other Federal, State, nnd locn.! agencies, toward the objective of wise <br />conservation and beneficial use of all natural resources. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> <br />88, It is'my recommendnt.ion that- <br />A. ,The Seeretary of the Interior approve this report and sub- <br />stantiating documents. <br />B. This report together with the substantiating documents be <br />transmitted for revie\"'. to all Federal agencies having an interest in <br />the projee\., to the States signatoI'\' to the Colorado River eompaet <br />and (,0 the States of Kansas and Oklahoma. <br />C, This report and substantilll,ing doeuments, together with such <br />amendments as may be appropriat,e pursuant to review comments <br />by the Federal agencies and States, he suhmitted to the President <br />
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