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... u .. (d) Enlargement of the existing Sugar Loaf and Twin Lrkr>s Resllrvoh's and the construction of Pueblo Reservoir f,)r a total (;11 "~.W.l sloL'e stol'see capacity of 777,000 acre- feet. 3 (e) Facilities for diverting Arkansas River flows into the enlarged Twin Lakes Reservoir. (f) A pOl,rer system consisting of about 52 ndles of canals, 7 powerplants having a total installed capacity of 123,900 kilowatts, 7 switchyards, 7 substations including the existing Gunnison Substation, and a primary transmission network to assure distribution of power to load centers. (g) Municipal water delivery facilities for furnishing additional water to Colorado Springs, Manzanola, Rocky Ford, La Junta, Las Animas, Lalll!lr, Crowley, Wiley, and Eads. Construction of the municipal water delivery facilities would be undertaken by the United States only after proof was offered by the communities involved that construction by them would be infeas- ible, and then only after adequate repayment prOvisions had been com- pleted. Costs and construction The estimated total construction cost of the Fryingpan- Arkansas Project, based on prices as of October 1958, is $1691905,000. This sum includes past and scheduled investigations costs of illi880,000. Investigations costs of $203,985 financed from Colorado River develop- ment 1'I1nds (nonreimbursable) and $100,000 contributed by the State of Colorado for recent and current work by the Bureau of Reclamation on the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project and for preparation of the report on the Ruedi Il;un and Reservoir Are not included in this sum of $880,000. The total of $169,905,000 also includes the 1'1111 estimatad cost of Ruedi Dam and Reservoir ($12,831,000), .of which $7,600,000 is assignable to the Fryingpan-Jtrkansas Project. Construction of the project is scheduled over a l3-year period, 1962 to 1974, as shown on the accompanwing Control Schedule. In forlllUlating this SChedule, numerous interrelated factors were con- sidered, including: a systematic sequence of work, legal and 1'I1nd requirements, and capability of the project to provide revenues from water and power deliveries at the earliest practicable time during the construction periOd.