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I :~ '. ! f , ;. r ! -~ I 1 , '. L "" To Mesa Water-Treatment Plant\ 20- to 24-inch northslope pipeline~...... Manitou Springs 3D-inch northslope p;peline~........x . . .. .................... / .....-:::; ---~ '-/ ---. w' ",,- __ one '" 'y / Gt'I p...../ t~~;/ .-- " S\.O?~. . -- ~reek " NO~~':I ;;:;-p~ cobi" k Q --s0\l1\\ 5\.0 Sheep Cree PIKES PEAK creek Lion ~ <'" (.;1; Xo < o. .} qfO <yo ~ ~. N 20-inch pipeline Willow Creek 12~inch pipeline MASON RESERVOIR )1 Jr-sr. Johns Tunnel /20-inch pipeline '-/ McREYNOLDS RESERVOIR Figure 8.--South-slope Pikes Peak watershed, Colorado Springs mountain collection system. A short distance down the channel of Ruxton Creek the water enters Lake Moraine. A 20-inch pipe from Lake Moraine serves as a penstock for the Ruxton powerplant. Some of the flow can be diverted into Big Tooth Reservoir at the confluence of South Ruxton and Willow Creeks. Big Tooth Reservoir is connected with the afterbay of Ruxton powerplant by a 20-inch pipeline. From the Ruxton powerplant afterbay, water diverted from Lake Moraine and Big Tooth Reser- voirs, together with waters of Lion Creek, Ruxton Creek, and Sheep Creek, are conveyed in a 24-inch pipeline to the penstock of the Manitou Springs power- plant. Enroute, the 24-inch pipeline intercepts flow from Cabin Creek and the 30-inch new North Slope pipeline. After generating power in the Manitou power- plant, the inflow water from Ruxton Creek intake (and settler), and from the 20- to 24-inch old North Slope pipeline, is mixed in the afterbay of that powerplant. From there, the water flows to the Mesa water-treatment plant. 15