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<br />_.~m <br /> <br />e) <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />I, <br /> <br />., "I.' . <br />,1.G..,U~'L _, ,_ , <br /> <br />(Introduotion) <br /> <br />In addition to the imported water from the Fryingpan River, exoess <br />flood flows of the Arkansas River a.mou"ti:1f: to an average of 5,700 acre- <br />feet annually would be made available for project use. <br /> <br />The following discussion presents results of detailed water sup?ly <br />studies for the Initial Development. J,. brief resume of pos si ble projeot <br />expansion is also included in the appendix, but further investigations <br />are required before definite amounts of water avuilable for diversion <br />to the Eastern Slope from the vurious sources eun be determined. This <br />a?pendix is not intended to be a co"'ple te coverage of the water supply, <br />but is only that information which it "as possible to correlate am <br />assemble prior to April 1, 1948. <br /> <br />The operation study in Chapter 3f of this appemix was prepared <br />for the study period 1930 tr~ough 1941. This 12-o~~r period was used as <br />it is the most critical 12 years of record and is thought to be the <br />worst drou(;ht p"riod t'lEl t ean be reasonably Clxpected under project oper- <br />o.tion. Irri;ation and power deliveries for that 12-ycur period are <br />classified as firm and could be "lllintained throuGhuut the life of the <br />proj oct. <br /> <br />2 <br />