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<br /> <br /> <br />develop a project which <br />would regulate existing <br />water supplies for more <br />efficient use and provide <br />to if ad.,ditional storage capacity <br />U fotlconservation of <br />flood flows. reservoir space <br />for holdover storage, and <br />new water supplies. The <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />conducted a lull <br />investigation resulting in <br />the Fryingpan-Arkansas <br />Project plan released in <br />1953. <br /> <br />.,. <br /> <br />The Southeastern Colorado <br />Water Conservancy District <br />is the sponsoring agency for <br />the Fryingpan-Arkansas <br />Project. The district has <br />contracted with the United <br />States Government to repay <br />that portion of project <br />construction. operation, <br />and maintenance costs <br />allocated to users of <br />irrigation, municipal. and <br />industrial water on the <br />eastern slope. The agency <br />has allotted project water to <br />eastern slope users within <br />the district. <br /> <br />Construction 01 the <br />Fryingpan-Arkansas <br />Project was authorized by <br />Public Law 87-590. signed <br />August 16. 1962. <br /> <br />, <br />